Aired (September 7, 2024): Sa paghagupit ng bagyong #EntengPH, maraming lugar sa bansa, kabilang ang ilang bayan sa Rizal, ay nalubog sa baha. Ayon sa National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), 10 sa 13 bayan sa Rizal ang naapektuhan. Lahat, pati mga matataas na lugar, ay napasok ng tubig. Sa Antipolo City, ilang residente ang humingi ng tulong matapos umabot sa kanilang bubong ang baha. Maraming sasakyan ang nawala dahil sa rumaragasang tubig, at lampas-tao ang baha sa Baras at Pililla.
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00:00In this video, you can see a strong stream of water in a creek in Antipolo City.
00:11The house is almost flooded, so the residents started to evacuate before they were completely flooded by the water.
00:20This is the first time that the water level has risen this much.
00:29These vehicles were one by one swept away by the water and were stranded on the road.
00:38The stream also crossed the barangay San Luis, Antipolo City.
00:42We are here on the third floor of the attic because my roof is already flooded.
00:46My neighbors' roofs are also flooded.
00:50San Luis, Antipolo City, rescue please.
00:53In both barangays, a part of the mountain collapsed and several houses were flooded.
01:00It was difficult for the five residents, including a one-year-old child.
01:05Hey, hey!
01:07Attack!
01:27The stream also landslided in the barangay San Jose, Antipolo City.
01:32Because of the thick fog, it was not easy to find the residents who were already drowned.
01:39Including those who are missing, including a pregnant woman.
01:46Can the victims be found?
01:50Another part of Rizal Province was also flooded.
01:55In Baras, Rizal, a firetruck overtook a road that flooded the river above the water.
02:04Some residents were trapped in the roof of the house and the rescue was difficult.
02:18In the town of San Mateo, a bridge was broken due to the strong water from the river.
02:24It is prohibited for any vehicle to pass through here.
02:27Because below this is more than half of the foundation of UCANA.
02:32So at any time, this can be given.
02:37What they are asking is, this is a high place.
02:40So the question is, why did it flood so quickly in some places in Rizal?
02:47They are talking about the interest of the corporations that do quarrying and mining and real estate versus the interest of public safety.
02:58We have to be much stricter about it.
03:00Now it's not a question of illegal activities, it's life and death over here.
03:06The laws are all there, it's the implementation and the enforcement.
03:11What is the reason for the flooding in many places in Rizal?
03:15There are a lot of people.
03:18The water is flooding.
03:33In the aftermath of the storm, a resident was called for help after the flood reached their roof.
03:42We are here on the 3rd floor of the attic because my roof is flooded.
03:46My neighbors' roofs are also flooded up to here.
03:50It's a disaster.
03:52We are rescuing, guys.
03:54We are rescuing.
03:55I have kids.
03:56Although we are on the 3rd floor, we are hoping that we can reach the 3rd floor.
04:00His children and siblings are with him on the roof of the house.
04:04I don't understand.
04:06It's important for the safety of my children and siblings here.
04:10San Luis, Antipolo City, for rescue, please.
04:19They just waited for the flood to reach their area.
04:22This is the road.
04:24This is the road.
04:26This is the road that we will use to go up.
04:29Because of the strong rain and the softness of the ground, landslides occurred in some areas in Antipolo City.
04:36This is the house of Siam Nabuang Buntis, who is Megalita's neighbor.
04:44He was with the two minors at that time.
04:51The rescuers and police helped to rescue Megalita and the two minors.
04:57You can reach it.
05:02But the rescue was not easy because of the continuous rain and the thick mud that covered the house.
05:12Just a moment.
05:13Cover it. Cover it.
05:15A body was rescued from the thick mud.
05:19This is where Megalita's body was found.
05:23Just a little bit. Just a little bit.
05:27Just a little bit.
05:30After a few minutes, the body of 15-year-old Lex was found.
05:39After more than an hour, the body of another victim, 13-year-old Junior, was found.
05:58They were rushed to the hospital, but the victims were already on the verge of death.
06:06Two days after the tragedy, we found Megalita's mother, Ms. Salvation.
06:12Later, my nephew ran away.
06:15He said, auntie, call the rescuers.
06:19He said that his sister was missing.
06:23The land was already taken from us.
06:28But I think it was still in good condition.
06:30Because the leaves were broken.
06:33And the wires were still there.
06:36My son was in a very difficult situation.
06:41I can't stop thinking about what happened to him.
06:46Because in the past, when I was in my place,
06:49I was really scared.
06:52And that land, ma'am,
06:54I'm really scared now.
06:57Because you need to rest.
06:59I really didn't expect that to happen.
07:03Megalita's eldest son was the one who was taken from her.
07:07It's hard to accept as a mother that you will lose your child.
07:12My grandson too.
07:15On the same day when Megalita's house was abandoned,
07:19there was a flash flood and landslide in the neighboring barangay of San Luis.
07:24A house was flooded.
07:28There are two more there, mom.
07:32In this cell phone video, residents who are worried can be heard.
07:37After the news, five members of the Negro family are missing.
07:41Including the one-year-old child.
07:44The rescuers immediately responded to find the missing family.
07:51A few moments later,
07:53The child was taken.
07:56A baby, right?
07:58The two members of the family were found,
08:00the one-year-old child and his mother, both dead.
08:06But three more members of the family are missing.
08:09But three more members of the family are missing.
08:13Because of the strong rain,
08:14the retrieval operation had to be stopped.
08:20The next day,
08:21the search for the three missing members was continued.
08:25The rescuers pulled the rope tied to a big rock.
08:30While the other rescuers were tying the rope,
08:34the rain poured again.
08:36That's why the retrieval operation had to be stopped.
08:41Because of the heavy rain,
08:44the retrieval operation had to be stopped.
08:47That's why the retrieval operation had to be stopped.
08:51Before 4 p.m.,
08:53the three missing members of the family were found under the rope.
08:58The father of the one-year-old child was the first to be recovered.
09:02But the retrieval operation had to be stopped before dark.
09:08We can't gamble the lives of our rescuers.
09:15Actually, these two days were tiring.
09:18But because they understood the feelings of the victims,
09:21they were forced to pull the rope.
09:24The next day, September 4,
09:26the Antipolo Police and the barangay officials were together.
09:29We went to the place where the three days of the retrieval operation were being conducted.
09:37It's been three days.
09:39There are five victims and two who are not yet arrested.
09:43The mother, who is 28 years old,
09:48her husband,
09:50and her one-year-old child were found.
09:52The grandmother, who is 55 years old,
09:55and the eight-year-old child are missing.
09:57Sir, we're here.
10:02When we arrived at the place,
10:06we were able to reach more than 20 rescuers
10:10who were helping to remove the ropes under the rope.
10:17We saw it here.
10:19We strongly believe that hopefully,
10:22we will be able to get one.
10:25But the sun is not yet setting.
10:28Suddenly, it started to rain heavily again.
10:31This is where the rescuers decided to stop the retrieval operation again.
10:36For now, we will stop the search for the cadaver.
10:41We will stop it, especially if the rain is heavy again.
10:44Because the water is getting stronger.
10:47In the distance,
10:49we noticed a man
10:50who seemed to be desperate to stop the operation.
10:57This is where we found out that he is the father of the victims of the flash flood.
11:02It's been three days since the flood.
11:05I'm angry.
11:09I can't do anything because it's been three days already.
11:14I'm thankful because they did everything.
11:17They did everything.
11:19It's not just the house.
11:22According to Ian,
11:24he was shocked to see that his family's house was flooded.
11:31I was on the other side of the road.
11:35My wife woke me up.
11:37When I woke up,
11:39there was no house on the other side of the road.
11:41It was a disaster.
11:59According to the official of Barangay San Luis,
12:02this is one of the worst effects of the flood they have experienced.
12:12They also said that they did not often visit their barangay.
12:16We did not identify it as a landslide prone area.
12:19Like any other areas here in Barangay San Luis,
12:22it is not included in the flood prone area.
12:26We will temporarily stop the search for the cadaver.
12:33Today, on September 5,
12:36the barangay stopped the search and retrieval operations
12:39for the two children of Ian.
12:42The barangay said that they will continue the search for the Philippine Coast Guard.
12:50The flood also felt in other parts of Rizal.
12:56Update here in our area, the canal is flooding, idols.
13:01The cork is also submerged.
13:03In San Mateo, Rizal,
13:05several residents were called for rescue due to the continuous flood.
13:08Rescuers are inside. There are many people.
13:12The canal is flooding.
13:14Some motorcycles were also submerged in the flood.
13:19The river also flooded in Barangay Silangan in San Mateo.
13:24Because of the strong flow of water,
13:26the motorcycles were not able to pass.
13:29Any vehicle is prohibited to pass here
13:32because below this is more than half of the foundation of Okana.
13:37At any time, this can be given away.
13:41This is also the case in the town of Rodriguez.
13:44The sea is flooding.
13:48Some residents carried their bicycles while crossing.
13:53There is a sea shortcut here.
13:57This river wall was also damaged due to the strong flow of water.
14:00In Baguio-Enteng,
14:02Rizal is one of the most affected provinces.
14:06In fact,
14:0810 out of 13 towns in Rizal were flooded
14:11according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council or NDRRMC.
14:16To be honest,
14:18this is not the first time that this has happened.
14:21In fact, this is the only time that a super typhoon has passed
14:24and other typhoons have also passed.
14:25Some parts of Rizal are always submerged.
14:27What they are wondering is,
14:29this place is already high,
14:31so the question is,
14:33why did it flood so fast in some places in Rizal?
14:40One of the main reasons for the flooding is deforestation
14:43or the erosion of the Sierra Madre forest,
14:46which serves as the backbone or foundation of the Rizal River.
14:51According to the DNR,
14:53more than 160,000 hectares of the Sierra Madre forest cover
14:57were lost from 1998 to 2010.
15:01That is equivalent to 1,400 hectares of forest cover
15:05that is lost every year.
15:08This is equivalent to more than 11 hectares of forest cover
15:12that is lost every year.
15:15This is equivalent to more than 11 hectares of forest cover
15:18that is lost every year.
15:20This is equivalent to more than 11,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
15:23This is equivalent to more than 11,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
15:25According to their studies,
15:27only 20% of the forest cover on that side is left.
15:31When it comes to the volume of rainwater that was sucked,
15:36because of the current situation because of the climate crisis,
15:42that is what I see as a huge contribution
15:47as to why the flooding is so severe.
15:49And as they say now,
15:51before it was not flooded,
15:53the mountains were also flooded.
15:56Some images viralized on social media
15:59showing the roots of the mountains in some of the Rizal houses.
16:04When properly examined,
16:06the quarrying sites and residential areas
16:10or subdivisions in the province
16:12if you cut down all the trees and expose them
16:17from interventions such as quarrying or clearing for subdivisions,
16:23the tree cover and the capacity of the upper watershed areas
16:30such as the basin areas will be reduced.
16:32That is the capacity to absorb the stormwater.
16:35And of course, the water flow to the creeks and river system will be faster.
16:41According to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau,
16:4412 companies have a mineral processing permit.
16:4811 are in the town of Rodriguez,
16:50while the other is in Antipolo City.
16:54We interviewed the mayor of Rodriguez-Rizal
16:57and his position regarding the quarrying operation in their town.
17:02As among Calbeños, I want it to be gone.
17:06On my part, personally,
17:09we should fight this at the national level
17:14because it was closed before.
17:16But we are talking about the national level
17:19because there will be no more aggregates.
17:23Here in Mantalba, they are getting a lot.
17:26That's why it's really hard.
17:28We have to sacrifice something in favor of the other.
17:31They also wrote
17:32to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
17:35or DENR to stop all quarrying operations in Rodriguez.
17:41Just recently, during the Typhoon Karina,
17:45we have a letter request for the immediate stoppage
17:50of all quarrying operations and other related activities,
17:54including transport.
17:56The local government of Angono also approved
18:00the quarrying operation in their town.
18:03In fact, in 2018,
18:05the local government of Angono filed a petition to DENR
18:09to stop the renewal of the permit of a mining company in their town.
18:13They are ploughing the land in the upper portion,
18:17so we cannot avoid the surface runoff.
18:22If it rains heavily or there is a storm,
18:26especially now with climate change,
18:28the rainfall is stronger than usual in a season.
18:32So there is a tendency for their siltation ponds to overflow.
18:36DENR said they plan to call the operators of quarrying in Rizal.
18:42To ensure that they are not contributing in any way to local flooding,
18:46we will be much, much stricter in terms of putting up new quarries.
18:54There should be a moratorium or ban on additional or any more quarrying or mining
19:02and clear-cutting for residential or other purposes.
19:06This control is at both the LGU level, provincial level, and national level.
19:12So they need to discuss what is best for the interests of the corporations
19:20that do quarrying, mining, and real estate versus the interests of public safety.
19:28In the aerial inspection of President Bongbong Marcos,
19:31he also saw the barren parts of the mountains in Rizal.
19:35We have to be much stricter about it.
19:37Now it's not a question of illegal activities,
19:40it's life and death over here.
19:42The laws are all there, it's the implementation and the enforcement.
19:50This is a big challenge for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
19:55Our budget for 2025 is 26 billion pesos
20:00to protect all natural resources of the country.
20:04For DENR, we have a lot to learn.
20:06Not because we have incompetent people in DENR,
20:10but because we are protecting 30 million hectares,
20:167 million of which are forest lands.
20:21The forests and mountains serve as our shield against the strong typhoons.
20:28But due to the neglect and damage done here,
20:36even the mountainous areas are sinking.
20:40We are here on the 3rd floor of the attic because my roof is sinking.
20:45San Luis, Antipolo City, please rescue.
20:48What's worse, there are lives that are disappearing.
20:55The government said that they are spending a billion pesos to stop the widespread flooding.
21:01But the question is, why can't they stop the flooding in the country?
21:08Until next Saturday, I am Mackie Pulido.
21:12I am Jun Venaracion, and this is the Reporter's Notebook.