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STS 'Paeng' leaves 1 dead, over P15-M agricultural damage in Bulacan

Published Oct 30, 2022 06:17 pm

A man who was reported missing at the height of tropical storm "Paeng" in Bulacan on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29, was found dead by rescuers in a search, rescue, and retrieval operation conducted along the Sta. Maria River segment of Brgy. Sto. Cristo on Sunday morning, Oct. 30.

The Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) identified the victim as Leo Chavez, 42, of Brgy. San Roque, City of San Jose Del Monte (CSJDM), Bulacan, as confirmed by his relative.

His body was found at around 6 a.m. on Sunday.

As tropical storm "Paeng" continues to move west-northwestward over the Philippine sea, the province of Bulacan is under signal No.1 with a 390-kilometer diameter from the forecast track (Radius: 240 km North, 150 km South; winds up to 85 km per hour affecting light to moderate with occasional heavy rains). This was confirmed by the PDRRMO as of 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct.30.

Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) executive officer Felicisima Mungcal, said that as of 11 a.m. on Sunday, the water level of Angat Dam was 196.58 meters, still below its flood season high water level of 210.00 meters, Ipo Dam was at 101.10 meters, quite high to its spilling level of 101.00 meters, while the Bustos Dam has 17.10 meters, a little bit higher to its 17.00 meters spilling level.

Mungcal explained that once the Ipo and Bustos Dams reached their spilling level, the dams’ operators have to gradually release excess water to maintain the elevation.

The Macaiban bridge in Sta. Maria was closed to all types of vehicles as of 10 a.m. on Sunday, because of clearing operations.

The M. Villarica Road of Tabing Ilog, Poblacion 2, and Sampalocan of Marilao is still passable, while the road in Banaban 2 in Angat, is passable to light vehicles only .

The power supply in the villages of Lambakin Loma 4B and 4C in Marilao, which was interrupted due to the typhoon since Saturday, is yet to be restored.

At U19-55 (Eva Bañares L. Agisa St. in Balatong B, Pulilan), the power interruption was reported to the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) at 12 noon on Saturday while the outage in Barangay Sto. Tomas in Sta Maria was reported at 4:15 p.m.

The power interruption in Barangay San Jose Patag, also in Sta Maria, which stated at around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday was restored at 7 p.m. on the same day. The power supply in 10 villages in the town of Paombong was also already restored.

Power interruption is still being experienced in the villages of Banaban, Baybay, Niugan (Purok 5), Sta. Cruz, San Roque, and Taboc of Angat, including eight villages in Malolos City and 11 villages in the City of San Jose Del Monte.

Mungcal said that the houses of 894 families in the 8 barangays and sitios of Paombong town were submerged under 15 to 20 inches of flood.

Affected by 2 to 6 feet deep floods were the City of Malolos and Hagonoy wherein hundreds of individuals took shelter at the evacuation centers.

Earlier, Sta. Maria Vice-Mayor Eboy Juan, visited the 136 families temporarily sheltered at the evacuation center and distributed food packs.

Due to strong winds, 4 houses were partially damaged in the villages of Citrus, Paradise 3, and Assumption, in the City of San Jose Del Monte.

Also damaged by the tropical storm in the city were the street lights, the open canals of San Pedro and Lawang Pari, and the San Rafael Creek bank protection.

The PDRRMC said that based on their initial report, tropical storm "Paeng" left around P15,395,852.80 agricultural and fisheries damage, affecting the 743 Bulacan farmers of the 731.22 hectares of land in the province.

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