7 of 10 SINKING & TILTING; Philippines: High tide, not heavy rains, leaves streets in Hagonoy, Bulacan flooded! India: 100 dead, 16 missing, flood situation remain grim!

Philippines SINKING:

[PHOTO -High tide, not heavy rains, leaves streets in Hagonoy, Bulacan flooded yesterday. DINO BALABO, FOR PHILSTAR]

/ HEAVY rains brought by a low-pressure area (LPA) pounded Metro Manila and neighboring areas on Tuesday, triggering floods that forced classes, work and flights to be cancelled, as well as leaving at least two people dead. “It’s a mini-storm without the winds,” weather forecaster Jeri Loiz said She said that waist-deep floods swamped low-lying areas of Manila after a dam near the city overspilled and had to open its gates, swelling rivers downstream. /

/ Over 4,000 persons in Luzon affected by floods–NDRRMC. Over 4,000 people were affected by floods brought about by the low pressure Aarea (LPA) that drenched a large area of Luzon on Tuesday. In the municipality of Bombon, Bicol alone, 800 families or 4000 persons were affected when the creek that feeds into the Bicol River overflowed causing approximately two feet- or knee-high waters, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in its report Wednesday. The villages of San Roque, San Jose, San Isidro, Sto. Domingo, Pagao, and San Antonio were affected by the flooding, it said. In the Municipality of Camaligan, Barangay San Roque, 40 families or 200 persons experienced knee deep water levels. /

/ More than 4,000 persons have been displaced by heavy rains and floods. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday said a majority of the affected residents are from Bicol. Floods hit about 4,000 people or 800 families in seven barangays in Bombon, Camarines Sur, the NDRRMC added. /

/ 300 families affected by Davao floods. Around 300 families were affected by flashfloods in Banaybanay, Davao Oriental, prompting local officials to rescue stranded residents. According to municipal administrator Edric Mamukid, 6 villages remain submerged in deep floods caused by nonstop rains. /

/ 100 residents flee Davao Oriental villages due to flashfloods. Over a hundred residents fled their homes as flashfloods hit several low-lying villages in Banaybanay, Davao Oriental early Wednesday, the military said /

/ 4 villages still under water. FOUR out of the 37 villages in Iloilo City that were under water during heavy rains are still submerged in water as southwest monsoon continues to bring rain showers in Western Visayas. /

/ Several Metro Manila roads flooded. Several roads were flooded following a sudden heavy downpour in Metro Manila Friday afternoon, a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority-Flood Control unit official said. Michael Puya said gutter-level floods at 20 centimeter high was monitored along R. Papa, Rizal Avenue in Manila at 3:15 p.m., as well as at C4 Lescano J. Felipe Street along Gen. San Miguel. /

Bangladesh SINKING:

India TILTING & BACKWASHING:

/ Flood situation in Assam remains grim. The flood situation in Assam remained alarming with 116 people having lost their lives in flood water and landslides during the current wave as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continued to flow above the danger mark today. Altogether 100 people have died due to floods including 16 in landslides caused by incessant rainfall while 16 others were still missing, official sources said today. An estimated population of 22 lakh have been affected in the worst ever flood in recent years causing large-scale devastation in 2809 villages in 27 of the 28 districts of the state. /

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India:

Flood situation in Assam remains grim

GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam remained alarming with 116 people having lost their lives in flood water and landslides during the current wave as the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continued to flow above the danger mark today.

Altogether 100 people have died due to floods including 16 in landslides caused by incessant rainfall while 16 others were still missing, official sources said today. An estimated population of 22 lakh have been affected in the worst ever flood in recent years causing large-scale devastation in 2809 villages in 27 of the 28 districts of the state.

The water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries were showing receding trend in some of the districts but in all the affected areas it was flowing above the danger mark. Road and rail services have been affected in several places with roads inundated or damaged at 2847 places and breached at 1741 points.

Rail tracks damaged by landslides in Lumding-Badarpur Railway division was yet to be restored but the Harangajao to Badarpur section has been already restored. An estimated five lakh people have taken shelter in 622 relief camps and 120 medical teams have been deployed to provide medical aid. 16 NDRF teams have been deployed for rescue operations in 13 Districts and they include Barpeta, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Dima-Hasao, Jorhat (Majuli), Kamrup, Kamrup(Metro), Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sibsagar, Sonitpur and Tinsukia.

The State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF) has deployed 18 teams and army seven teams in the rescue operations with Indian Air Force also extending help.

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Philippines:

Thousands displaced by rains

MANILA, Philippines - More than 4,000 persons have been displaced by heavy rains and floods.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday said a majority of the affected residents are from Bicol. Floods hit about 4,000 people or 800 families in seven barangays in Bombon, Camarines Sur, the NDRRMC added.

Heavy rains affected 200 people or 40 families in the municipality of Camaligan.

The local government did not order an evacuation as the floodwaters were only knee deep.

Flashfloods also displaced 12 families or 50 people in Alabat, Quezon.

The affected residents were evacuated to the barangay hall of Poblacion I and allowed to return home yesterday afternoon.

In Antipolo, a landslide affected three families in barangays Mayamot and Bagong Nayon at 2:30 a.m. Monday. The affected residents chose to seek refuge in the houses of relatives.

In La Trinidad, Benguet, a rockslide occurred at 3:45 p.m. last Tuesday.

Two junkshop workers were rescued after they were buried in mud by heavy rain.

In Davao Oriental, close to 100 people were evacuated to safer ground after flashfloods hit four barangays in Banaybanay at around 6 a.m. yesterday.

Col. Leopoldo Imbang, Jr., Army 28th Infantry Battalion commander, said the affected areas were Purok San Isidro in Barangay Panikian, Sitio Pongotan in Barangay Kanipaan, Sitio Niyogan in Barangay Piso, and Purok Uno in Barangay Cabangcalan.

Joint rescue teams from the police and volunteer groups immediately extended assistance to residents as floodwaters inundated their homes, he added.

Imbang said the residents were taken to various evacuation centers in Banaybanay.

The floods were due to incessant rains, he added.

Troops from the Army’s 10th division rescued 31 people in Barangay Panikian; four in Barangay Piso; and 10 people in Barangay Cabangcalan.

As of 2 p.m. yesterday, a low-pressure area was spotted 250 kilometers northwest of Iba, Zambales.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) continued to warn the public of possible flashfloods and landslides as the low-pressure area would bring rains today.

“The whole country will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms, becoming cloudy with widespread rains over the western section of Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides,” PAGASA said.

PAGASA administrator Nathaniel Servando said cloudy skies with light rains will prevail over Metro Manila today.

The weather system was not expected to intensify into a tropical storm while moving away from the country, he added.

Servando said no other disturbance will affect the country in the next five days.

“Residents living in low-lying areas and along mountain slopes are advised to be on alert for possible occurrence of flashfloods and landslides,” he said.

At La Mesa Dam in Quezon City, the water level remained under red alert at 79.74 meters yesterday.

Teddy Angeles, La Mesa Dam manager, said continuous monitoring showed the water level at 79.76 meters since 6 a.m.

At 3:30 p.m., the level went down to 79.74 meters, he added.

“We immediately recommend for nearby residents to evacuate their homes though the local officials, specifically barangay officials, would be the better ones to assess the situation in their respective areas,” he said

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300 families affected by Davao floods

MANILA, Philippines – Around 300 families were affected by flashfloods in Banaybanay, Davao Oriental, prompting local officials to rescue stranded residents.

According to municipal administrator Edric Mamukid, 6 villages remain submerged in deep floods caused by nonstop rains.

Authorities said the floods as of Wednesday morning were waist-deep.

Residents now worry over the floods' effects on their farms.

Authorities have yet to determine the total cost of damages caused by the floods.

Local officials are also preparing evacuation centers for the families who lost their homes. -- Report from Maymay Benedicto, dzMM

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100 residents flee Davao Oriental villages due to flashfloods

TAGUM CITY, Philippines—Over a hundred residents fled their homes as flashfloods hit several low-lying villages in Banaybanay, Davao Oriental early Wednesday, the military said.

As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, however, floodwaters in the villages of Panikian, Cabangcalan and Piso started to subside, said Major Maria Rosa Manuel, spokesperson of the army’s 10th civil military operations battalion.

Manuel said soldiers from the 28th Infantry Battalion rescued 48 families from the three villages and brought them to the Banaybanay Municipal Women’s Training Center in the town proper.

Units from the Banaybanay police and the Davao Oriental disaster risk reduction and management council (DRRMC) were also dispatched and are now helping in the rescue efforts.

Heavy rain in the municipality triggered floodwaters, which began to rise around 6 a.m. Wednesday, a staff of the DRRMC told the INQUIRER by phone.

“We have yet to receive reports of any casualty. Rescue operations are still ongoing in the affected area,” she said.

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Over 4,000 persons in Luzon affected by floods–NDRRMC

MANILA, Philippines – Over 4,000 people were affected by floods brought about by the low pressure Aarea (LPA) that drenched a large area of Luzon on Tuesday.

In the municipality of Bombon, Bicol alone, 800 families or 4000 persons were affected when the creek that feeds into the Bicol River overflowed causing approximately two feet- or knee-high waters, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in its report Wednesday.

The villages of San Roque, San Jose, San Isidro, Sto. Domingo, Pagao, and San Antonio were affected by the flooding, it said.

In the Municipality of Camaligan, Barangay San Roque, 40 families or 200 persons experienced knee deep water levels.

In Alabat, Quezon, 12 families or 50 persons were evacuated to the Barangay Hall of Poblacion 1 due to flashfloods, NDRRMC said.

Barangay Mayamot and Bagong Nayon in Antipolo had to evacuate three families or 15 persons due to landslides.

Two villages in Obando, Bulacan, Barangay Lawa and Pagasa, experienced two feet- or knee-high floods while 1.5 feet-high waters hit Barangay Panghulo and Catanghalan, it said. The number of people affected was not reported by the NDRRMC.

Obando Mayor Orencio Gabriel told Radyo Inquirer 990AM that the flooding was aggravated by the high tide.

He added that garbage from Metro Manila and nearby towns in Bulacan remained a problem for Obando, and that a dike was badly needed to prevent flooding.

One foot deep floods affected the residents of Barangay Betis and Poblacion in Guagua, Pampanga.

The NDRRMC, citing reports from the Metro Manila Development Authority Flood Control Center, said that flood waters in Metro Manila have subsided.

At least two people were also killed Tuesday when a wall, weakened by the non-stop rain, collapsed and crushed three shanties on Gen. T. De Leon Road near the boundary of Barangay (village) Ugong in Pasig City.

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FLOODS SUBMERGE LUZON / LOREN: FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS MUST BE IMPLEMENTED NOW

[PHOTO - Workers try to dig up one of two people killed after the adobe wall of a bridge collapsed on two houses in Ugong village, Valenzuela City during Tuesday’s downpour. PHOTOS BY MIGUEL DE GUZMA]

MANILA, JULY 5, 2012 (TIMES) Written by : Jing Villamente And Sammy Martin, Reporters - Rainstorm cancels classes, flights

HEAVY rains brought by a low-pressure area (LPA) pounded Metro Manila and neighboring areas on Tuesday, triggering floods that forced classes, work and flights to be cancelled, as well as leaving at least two people dead.

The downpour prompted officials of different dams to be on heightened alert, while the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) warned those living near two big rivers in Pampanga province and the Bicol Region that these may possible overflow.

Pagasa said that the LPA—earlier located north of Alumbong village in Batangas City, Batangas province—had a wide band of clouds that circulated and affected a large area.

“It’s a mini-storm without the winds,” weather forecaster Jeri Loiz said. He added that rainfall ranging from light to intense was recorded in Tanay town, Rizal province; Sangley Point, Cavite province; Science Garden in Quezon City; and Manila’s Port Area.

Some 43.4 millimeters of rainfall were recorded at Port Area, 22.9 mm in Science Garden, and 22.4 mm in Sangley Point early Tuesday morning.

“[The LPA] will continue to bring moderate to heavy rain over central and southern Luzon, including Metro Manila, and even Western Visayas,” Loiz said. He added that the weather would improve by tomorrow.

[PHOTO -High tide, not heavy rains, leaves streets in Hagonoy, Bulacan flooded yesterday. DINO BALABO, FOR PHILSTAR]

The rains triggered floods in several parts of the National Capital Region, prompting the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to deploy flood control and monitoring teams to flooded areas as early as 5 a.m.

MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino reported that waist-high floodwaters in V. Luna Street in Quezon City rendered the thoroughfare impassable to vehicles, while the corner of Andalucia and Laong Laan streets was only passable to light vehicles.

In Makati City, roads in the villages of Pio del Pilar, Tejeros and La Paz were also impassable to light vehicles.

Floods were also reported in several villages in the cities of Caloocan, Malabon and Navotas.

No classes The rains also prompted the mayors of several cities in Metro Manila to suspend classes at almost all levels in private and public schools.

Mayor Florencio Bernabe of Paraсaque City said that he suspended classes to ensure that students would not get stranded on the way home.

Mayor Alfredo Lim of Manila, Mayor Antonino Calixto of Pasay City and Mayor Herbert Bautista of Quezon City followed Bernabe’s lead, suspending classes from preschool to high school. Lim also suspended classes at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila and the City College of Manila, and sent city hall employees home by 1 p.m.

Classes up to the high school level were also suspended in the cities of Caloocan, Las Piсas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Pasig, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela, as well as in Pateros town.

The weather also forced the cancellation of six domestic flights, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. These flights were: Cebu Pacific Air flights 5J-521 (Manila to Naga City, Camarines Sur province), 5J-522 (Naga City to Manila), 5J-529 (Manila to Busuanga town, Palawan province) and 5J-530 (Busuanga to Manila); and AirPhil Express flights 2P-265 (Manila to Naga City) and 2P-266 (Naga City to Manila).

Two dead The rains also claimed lives when two residents of a northern Manila suburb were crushed to death after a “stone wall beside their house collapsed,” Anna Orallo of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) told Agence France-Presse.

She said that waist-deep floods swamped low-lying areas of Manila after a dam near the city overspilled and had to open its gates, swelling rivers downstream.

Tolentino blamed much of the flooding on waterways being clogged by garbage dumped into storm drains and sewers.

“The garbage is the main source of our floods. The whole nation needs to find a way to lessen the garbage,” he said in an interview with ABS-CBN television.

Authorities warned that a brewing storm would continue to dump rains over Luzon, possibly bringing landslides and more flooding to the region.
[PHOTO -A road emergency crew member wades through waist-deep floodwater to unclog drains after a heavy downpour in Quezon City, Metro Manila July 3, 2012. Heavy rain has flooded some roads, causing classes to be suspended in parts of Metro Manila, local media reported. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT)]

At the La Mesa Dam in Quezon City, officials placed it under red alert due to the rains. The dam’s water level rose to 79.52 meters, or .50 meters near the spilling level of 80.15 meters.

Engineer Teddy Angeles, headworks manager of the dam, said that he recommended the evacuation of residents near the Tullahan River and warned residents of Fairview to be on alert.

In Bulacan, officials of Ipo Dam opened two gates to release excess water due to heavy rains.

The dam’s level reached 101.75 meters, past its normal water level of 100.5 meters.

Ipo Dam’s management alerted local government units in the towns of Norzagaray, San Rafael, Bustos, Baliuag, Plaridel, Angat and Calumpit of this development as the dam continues to release water.

Meanwhile, Elmer Caringal, a hydrologist with Pagasa, alerted residents living near the Pampanga River and the Bicol river basin to be wary of creeks spilling.

Local authorities in those areas were also advised to be alert, specifically the NDRRMC regional offices. With Reports From Jovee Marie N. Dela Cruz, Benjie L. Vergara, Marvs Libril and AFP

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4 villages still under water

FOUR out of the 37 villages in Iloilo City that were under water during heavy rains are still submerged in water as southwest monsoon continues to bring rain showers in Western Visayas.

These villages are among those without proper drainage system, as most of the lots here are privately owned.

Despite this, Darwin Papa, medical response officer of the City Disaster Risk Management Office, said the city largely benefits from the multibillion-peso flood control project, which helps mitigate the effects of floods in low-lying areas of the city.

The project was started in 2006 and officially completed on April 20, 2009, spanning from the municipality of Pavia, Iloilo to Iloilo City by tapping the convergence of Tigum and Aganan rivers in Pavia.

Papa also identified four villages with proper drainage system as Barangays Lanit, Buntatala and Calubihan in Jaro district and So-oc in Arevalo district. (Lydia C. Pendon)

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Several Metro Manila roads flooded

MANILA, Philippines—Several roads were flooded following a sudden heavy downpour in Metro Manila Friday afternoon, a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority-Flood Control unit official said.

Michael Puya said gutter-level floods at 20 centimeter high was monitored along R. Papa, Rizal Avenue in Manila at 3:15 p.m., as well as at C4 Lescano J. Felipe Street along Gen. San Miguel.

Nonetheless, these roads were passable to all types of vehicles, Puya said.

Meanwhile, traffic was heavy along the northbound lane of EDSA, with the bumper-to-bumper line of cars starting from Malibay, Pasay all the way to Santolan, caused by the implementation of the Yellow Lane Policy along EDSA, Chris Almeron of MMDA’s Metrobase said.

Same goes for the southbound lane, he said, which was likewise congested with line of vehicles from EDSA-Paramount near SM North to Ortigas approaching flyover.

Medium traffic, on the other hand, was monitored along EDSA-Pinatubo in Mandaluyong, with line of traffic ending along Ayala, Buendia.

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