{"id":1014501,"date":"2018-07-26T05:30:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1014501"},"modified":"2018-07-25T23:37:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:37:18","slug":"more-villages-now-flooded-in-central-luzon-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1014501\/more-villages-now-flooded-in-central-luzon-provinces","title":{"rendered":"More villages now flooded in Central Luzon provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"
TRACTOR ROAD Residents of Dagupan City rely on the \u201ckuliglig,\u201d or tractor, for transportation on a flooded street.\u2014WILLIE LOMIBAO<\/p><\/div>\n\n
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO \u2014 The number of flooded villages in Central Luzon increased to 156 on Wednesday after the southwest monsoon, two tropical depressions and a tropical storm whipped up rains and winds across the region for close to three weeks.<\/p>\n\n
At least 94 villages in Pampanga province were submerged in a foot to four feet of water as swollen rivers in Tarlac, Nueva Ecija and Bulacan provinces drained to the Pampanga River.<\/p>\n\n
Pampanga Gov. Lilia Pineda urged Public Works Secretary Mark Villar on Wednesday to start dredging the silted mouth of the Pampanga River.<\/p>\n\n
Floods and strong rains and waves displaced 561,969 people in Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales.<\/p>\n\n
At least 15,240 people moved to evacuation centers.<\/p>\n\n
Floodwaters and landslides swept or buried 19 houses and damaged 168 others.<\/p>\n\n
Floodwaters scoured a dike in Barangay Balanti in Tarlac City, with damages estimated at P20 million.<\/p>\n\n
A slope along the national highway in San Antonio town in Zambales eroded.<\/p>\n\n
Schools reopen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n On Wednesday, most schools in the region resumed classes, except those in seven towns and cities.<\/p>\n\n Sections of 11 roads and two bridges were not passable in Pampanga and Tarlac on Wednesday due to floods.<\/p>\n\n Floods also destroyed rice and vegetable crops, with damages initially estimated at P412.3 million, mostly in Tarlac.<\/p>\n\n As of Wednesday, the regional disaster risk reduction and management council said local governments had declared a state of calamity in the towns of Paombong and Marilao in Bulacan, La Paz, Ramos and Victoria in Tarlac, Masantol in Pampanga, and Licab in Nueva Ecija.<\/p>\n\n Latest fatality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n In Pangasinan province, a second fatality had been reported.<\/p>\n\n Darius Carcamo, 20, died from a snake bite on Monday while he was inspecting his flooded farm at Barangay Poponto in Bautista town, according to the provincial disaster risk reduction and management office.<\/p>\n\n On July 20, Ailene Isidro Sison, 20, was killed after she was swept by strong current as she crossed a creek in Mangatarem town.<\/p>\n\n As of Wednesday, floodwaters in many towns had receded and roads were passable again to light vehicles.<\/p>\n\n But Calasiao town and Dagupan City remained under water, with thousands of residents still in evacuation centers.<\/p>\n\n Since last week, more than 1,000 evacuees had been staying in Calasiao gymnasium while 1,000 people had sought shelter in Dagupan City astrodome. \u2014Reports from Tonette Orejas and Gabriel Cardinoza<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The number of flooded villages in Central Luzon increased to 156 on Wednesday after the southwest monsoon, two tropical depressions and a tropical storm whipped up rains and winds across the region for close to three weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":1014502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39],"tags":[65285],"byline":[],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n