PBBM, personal na inalam ang dahilan ng matinding pagbaha sa Bulacan; Pangulo, pinangunahan din ang pamamahagi ng tulong sa mga apektadong residente
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00:00 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made an aerial inspection in Bulacan earlier so that the personnel could see the pinsal left by the Dodong, Egay, Falcon and Habagat typhoons.
00:12 17 towns in Bulacan were submerged in floodwater due to the lack of rain.
00:18 The result is that the flood affected almost 300,000 families.
00:24 It is equivalent to more than 1 million individuals. The left-over pinsal of the typhoons also increased to more than 700 million pesos.
00:32 Earlier, President Marcos led the relief distribution.
00:36 Not only those of you who are here now, but also those in the evacuation center will go to make sure that they are well.
00:48 The next thing to do after this is to fix the houses that were destroyed.
00:59 Some houses were completely destroyed, as stated in the report.
01:06 We will provide construction material for those houses that were completely destroyed so that we can build. If it's not possible, we will provide and look for housing.
01:19 President Marcos also held a situation briefing to find out the other needs of the residents of Bulacan.
01:26 Governor Daniel Fernando visited Bulacan one by one to find out the reasons for the floods.
01:31 These include the bypass road, back flooding from the Pampanga River, high tides that reached four feet,
01:39 urbanization and construction of private infrastructure such as subdivisions to avoid this type of flooding.
01:47 Fernando personally requested President Marcos to have a flood management and control master plan, elevated bypass road, dredging and water impounding areas.
01:58 Actually, this is a good way forward because our thinking is a bit biased, not only here in the local but also in the national.
02:08 This flood management master plan already exists, but it was not implemented.
02:14 So let's start because it's a huge project and it's long, but we will start it slowly.
02:23 This dredging is our emergency response. So we still need to do it so that the river can at least sink a little.
02:36 We are thankful to BBM, to President Fernando Marcos Jr. because he allowed us to come here.
02:47 This is a big thing. He knows everything that is happening here.
02:50 The President said that the government will address the problem of water and flooding in the country through water resources management.
02:59 Under this, there is the management of all our water. The water we drink, irrigation water, water for various things.
03:11 He can manage everything because everything has changed. One of the most difficult things to explain because it's very difficult and painful to hear,
03:26 is that this is how it is. We will not go back. Because of climate change, we will not go back to the way it was.
03:35 We are expecting wet season, dry season.
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