100 Valenzuela residents lost homes due to structure collapse

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More than a hundred people are displaced in Valenzuela City after eight residential structures collapsed due to continuous rains.  As Daniza Fernandez tells us, the evacuees are appealing to local officials for relocation.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 Over 100 individuals are left with no homes after eight residential structures collapsed

00:06 in Valenzuela City.

00:08 The apartments are located inside the property of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines

00:13 at the boundary of Barangay Mapulanglupa and Barangay Ugong.

00:17 The city's building official says persistent rains brought by the southwest monsoon had

00:22 softened the soil.

00:23 "Based on our initial assessment, the soil was saturated, which created pressure and

00:32 pushed the wall.

00:34 Part of the structure has collapsed already.

00:36 So it's not already fit for human occupancy and use."

00:42 Residents fear that they may not be able to go back.

00:45 That is why they appeal for relocation.

00:46 "I was traumatized because I left my child in the street.

00:49 It's a good thing that someone came down.

00:54 I hope we can be given help because we are living in a building.

01:01 We don't have a place to live."

01:04 "Relocate?

01:05 It's better because we have a place to live.

01:09 It's more stable."

01:11 The city's social welfare development provided aid to the victims, such as food packs and

01:16 comfort and hygiene kits.

01:18 The evacuees will stay at the Ugong Old Barangay Hall and the Mapulanglupa 3S Center.

01:24 Mayor Vas Gachalyan visited the evacuation centers.

01:28 He says financial assistance will be provided to the evacuees.

01:31 "We have been monitoring this place for almost a decade.

01:40 It's underneath the transmission line so they shouldn't be living there."

01:45 "There's a probability that they won't be able to go back.

01:47 That's why we will have to discuss tomorrow if the financial assistance is really for

01:53 them, for renting."

01:55 The local government will conduct aerial and on-site surveys to determine whether surrounding

02:00 areas are still safe or if more people would need to leave their homes.

02:06 Deniza Fernandez, CNN Philippines.

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