This, even as a state of calamity was declared amid rising floodwaters in San Luis town in Pampanga where the Pampanga River overflowed with waters from inundated areas in Nueva Ecija.
The Central Luzon Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) said the mountaineers were subjects of searches by government teams after their families reported the typhoon caught up with them last Saturday.
The mountaineers were found to have sought shelter in a cave in the Davildavilan mountain in Dingalan.
Estimates on damages to infrastructure, properties and agriculture continued to rise as more reports were being received by the RDRRMC. As of yesterday, the damages were estimated at P5.4 billion.
At the same time, the RDRRMC also advised motorists to coordinate with traffic authorities as it noted that as of yesterday, five road sections in Tarlac remain impassable due to floods.
“The Amucao section of Tarlac-La Paz Road, La Paz-Zaragoza Road, La Paz-Concepcion Road, Victoria- La Paz Road, and Ramos- Paniqui Road are still submerged with two- to fourfoot floodwaters,” said Tarlac Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer (PDRRMO) officer Marvin Guiang.
Guiang cited an initial assessment from Department of Public Works and Highways indicating that the typhoon destroyed in Tarlac some P265 million worth of infrastructure.
In Calumpit, Bulacan, floodwaters were reported to have swelled further yesterday arising from backflooding or inward flow of waters from Nueva Ecija and Pampanga.
Bulacan PDRRMC chief Liz Mungcal noted flooding as deep as four feet in Barangays Balite, Balungao, Bulusan, Calizon, Caniogan, Frances, Gatbuca, Gugo, Iba Este, Iba O’ Este, Meysulao, and Meyto in Calumpit.
She noted floodwaters also swelled in Barangays Palimbang, Panducot, Poblacion, Pungo, San Jose, San Marcos, San Miguel, Sta. Lucia, Sapang Bayan, Sergio Bayan, Sto Nino, and Sucol in the town.
