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00:00This is the house of Father Islao.
00:03The Christine Flood brought down this bridge in Laurel, Batangas.
00:07The river was flooding and the water was leaking.
00:09Because of this, the vehicles of some barangays in Laurel could not reach it.
00:13And the residents crossed the river to go to the center of the town.
00:18I want the bridge to explode.
00:20No matter how hard you run, you can't run here.
00:24This is sudden.
00:25Father Islao could not be saved.
00:27His chessboard was torn to save the lives of the children.
00:33I am calling on the government to help us.
00:39We are really happy that we were able to bring millions of pesos.
00:45Many people in Laurel are now drowning in Putik
00:48because of the destruction of houses.
00:57Look at this huge piece of land that was washed away.
01:00Just imagine how strong the water was that was washed away
01:04to bring such heavy pieces of land.
01:07And if you look at this house,
01:09there are a lot of trees, a lot of rice fields.
01:13Even up to there.
01:15Wow.
01:17This is how I experienced it.
01:19My God.
01:20I said, it's a good thing that you saved our lives.
01:23We ran away.
01:24We went home.
01:25We cleaned the house.
01:26Then suddenly, the water came out.
01:30The animals were killed.
01:34The old and new motorcycles were sunk.
01:37Where is it?
01:38Here.
01:39Even the trucks were knocked over.
01:41It was full of iron for delivery.
01:45There was nothing left to deliver because it was all gone.
01:50On the side of the road,
01:51there were three children who were drowned
01:53in the landslide in their house,
01:55including the 5-month-old baby.
01:58I told them to come to us.
02:01They stopped there.
02:02But they were also afraid of us
02:04because the water was flowing.
02:06There were stones and rocks.
02:08So they were also afraid.
02:09They went back to them.
02:11Geneva, on the other hand,
02:12took the children one by one
02:14to look for her cousin, Annalyn,
02:16and her 8-year-old son, Ayra.
02:18They disappeared after the flood in Agoncillo.
02:22Even if we don't know where they are,
02:24we asked around.
02:25Maybe we can find them.
02:27At least, we can see the cows.
02:29If they are safe,
02:31we will call them right away.
02:39In Talisay,
02:40there were also dead people in the landslide.
02:43All of them were 18 years old.
02:45And the smallest one,
02:47there,
02:48was just 2 months old.
02:52Sanggol is the son of Reynaldo,
02:54one of his four children who were drowned,
02:56including his wife,
02:57who was found cuddling in a bed.
03:00He told the children not to leave the house
03:02while he was fishing in the lake of Taal.
03:05They were reminded to escape,
03:07but only in a group chat.
03:09If someone can be saved,
03:11if they are going to the neighbor's house,
03:15or anyone nearby,
03:17let's go.
03:18We don't need to stay here for long.
03:20Encourage them
03:22to leave the place
03:25because it's already bad.
03:27Our barangay here
03:29reminds them
03:30that if anyone wants to escape,
03:32of course,
03:33if you know that you are in danger,
03:35then you should escape.
03:37Of course,
03:38there are people who don't notice that.
03:40Almost all of the landslides
03:42in the surrounding areas of Taal
03:44were caused by the typhoon.
03:46According to the congressman
03:47who is in charge of this district,
03:49the mayors did not carry out a forced evacuation.
03:52We did not carry out a forced evacuation,
03:55we were just escaped, usually.
03:57Those who were by the lakeside,
04:00the danger zone areas,
04:02where the water usually rises,
04:06but this happened
04:08was really unprecedented.
04:10We were all caught unprepared,
04:13to be honest.
04:14We are trying to get the land
04:16of Batangas PDRRMO.
04:18For now,
04:19the roads to Talisay and Laurel
04:21are still difficult to pass.
04:22We also need heavy equipment
04:25at an early time
04:27because our national roads
04:31to the barangay
04:34are almost barred.
04:36Batangas is now in a state of calamity.
04:39According to PNP Batangas,
04:4054 people have died,
04:4221 are missing,
04:43and 18 are injured.
04:45Many houses have no electricity and water
04:47and the cell phone signal is difficult.
04:49For GMA Integrated News,
04:51Jonathan Andal,
04:52Nakatutok,
04:5324 hours.
05:05For GMA Integrated News,
05:07Jonathan Andal,
05:08Nakatutok,
05:0924 hours.