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00:00 In the midst of the continuous flooding in Bulacan, the coordination of dams is not being followed.
00:08 And from Bulacan, we are joined by Cedric Castillo.
00:12 Cedric?
00:16 Yes, Pia. It has been raining for a few days in a large part of Bulacan.
00:22 But despite this, the water is still high in the flooded areas.
00:28 One of the problems of the CC is that the water is leaking from my back.
00:34 Whenever the flood is high, the roads become an elevated parking lot because of the cars being swept away.
00:47 But the Halili family in Calumpit, Bulacan decided that instead of taking their car out of the garage,
00:53 they will just wrap their SUV with a blanket to ensure it is waterproof.
00:59 When we entered the car, we slowly lifted the jack from the back part.
01:07 Then we removed the stand and slowly lowered it to the blanket.
01:13 It was okay. It was a bit dry. We wrapped it with a cloth and tied it.
01:18 When the water level rose, the family was shocked when the car was no longer in its place.
01:24 And they saw the next scene.
01:29 They were trying to get the SUV out of the garage and directly to the high place while the car was floating in the water.
01:41 The car was floating.
01:43 It means that there was no water inside.
01:48 When the car's wheels started to tilt, we also lifted the car.
01:55 The car was safely saved and the whole family was safe.
01:59 However, the flood is still high in many parts of Calumpit and other towns in Bulacan.
02:06 In the Angat River area that is blocked by Bustos Dam, the sun was shining earlier but the water is still high.
02:15 It means that the water is still coming from the higher place.
02:20 At 11 o'clock this morning, a metro was lifted to the third sluice gate of Bustos Dam to add more water.
02:30 Earlier this morning at 8 o'clock, the elevation of Bustos Dam was 16.95.
02:36 Somewhere here?
02:37 Somewhere here. At 11 o'clock, it was 17.05.
02:40 It means that the local flow is strong.
02:43 The water is coming in stronger than our discharge.
02:47 Our normal elevation during the operation is 17.35.
02:50 Since we have calamity, we are receiving strong rainfall.
02:54 We are giving allowance for Bustos to have room.
02:58 If a big storm comes, we will release it slowly to reduce flooding in the downstream.
03:05 Following the wide-ranging flooding in Bulacan,
03:08 the two following storms hit the coast.
03:12 The loss of water in Bustos Dam is questionable.
03:15 According to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee,
03:18 the DO-Manoy was in a state of lack of coordination during the rain.
03:23 Why did you not coordinate with local government officials when you opened Bustos Dam?
03:31 They were just there last Saturday.
03:34 It was high tide.
03:36 You are the ones who opened the dam,
03:40 even though there was no notice from the official governor or the males affected.
03:46 It was just discretionary.
03:48 The mode of disseminating information, the protocol here,
03:53 is that the PDRRMO has advance information regarding the spilling activity of our dam.
03:59 Sir, we have a record from time to time.
04:02 I have a record here in my cell phone.
04:04 Only 2.5 meters above the dam,
04:07 the National Irrigation Administration explained,
04:10 Bustos Dam is not a reservoir or a reservoir of water,
04:14 but a diversion dam that brings water to the irrigation.
04:18 It can dispel water that exceeds 200 cubic meters per second.
04:24 This means that if more water comes from a higher place,
04:30 it can overflow.
04:32 In the case of a flood,
04:34 the water that came to Bustos Dam reached 700 cubic meters per second.
04:40 So whatever water flows from Ipo, Angat, Manikmit, Bayabas Dam,
04:48 it will only pass through Bustos Dam.
04:52 We are not the flood control.
04:55 We are only in the irrigation.
05:03 This live video was taken from where we are standing, just a few meters away,
05:08 from the slowest, the gate of Bustos Dam.
05:12 We can see in the video that the water is flowing.
05:17 But here in our area, this is the monitoring area where we are standing, open to the public.
05:23 At 5 p.m., the three gates of Bustos Dam remain open.
05:29 This dam is 25 kilometers long.
05:33 The next reservoir is a wide area where water can flow.
05:39 It is difficult to say when the gates of the dam will be closed,
05:44 especially if it rains, like now, in Bustos and in the higher areas.
05:52 Thank you very much, Sergio Castillo.
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