The weather has improved in Luzon, but some villages in Bulacan and bridges and low-lying areas in Isabela and Cagayan provinces were still flooded on Sunday.
In the town of Hagonoy, the villages around Angat, Ipo, and Bustos dams were likewise seeing improved conditions but some areas were still under up to 0.61 meters of water although residents opted not to evacuate, said Jesus Cruz, the head of the town’s DRMMO.Angat, Ipo and Bustos dams harness water from the Angat River that traverses through the Bulacan towns of Norzagaray, Angat, San Rafael, Bustos, Baliwag, Plaridel, Pulilan, Calumpit, Hagonoy, and Paombong before ending in Manila Bay.
Ipo Dam was at 100.95 masl as of 11 a.m. on Sunday, which was already below its 101.00-masl spilling level, while Bustos Dam was within its 17.30-masl spilling level as of 8 a.m. on Sunday.About 4,000 residents from 500 families in 30 villages living along the low-lying areas of Angat River in Norzagaray, Angat, Bustos, San Rafael, Baliwag, Plaridel, Pulilan, and Calumpit were preemptively evacuated on Friday because of the dam discharges.
The dam has stayed within its 189.09-masl reservoir level after it released water on Saturday afternoon.But the Baculod, Cansan-Bagutari, and Cabagan-Santa Maria bridges in Isabela remain flooded on Sunday morning.
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