SAMAL, Bataan — Flash floods hit Sunday villages in this agricultural town that for years have not been inundated.
Many residents in Barangays Calaguiman and Santa Lucia got out of their houses when floods caused by the swollen Calaguiman River came inundating the villages.
Flooding was alien to these two villages for many years. Many houses were placed under water in Calaguiman where water in some areas rose waist-deep.
Calagiman barangay marshals JR Zulueta and Mestor Montano said the flood started to hit the village at 10:00 a.m. “Malakas ang ulan at bumaba ang tubig galing sa bundok,” they said.
The marshals, police officers and the Bureau of Fire Protection were guarding the bridge, driving away people for fear that the bridge may collapse.
Water was about to reach the floor of the high bridge.
Also flooded in Samal were barangays San Juan, Daan Bago East and West and Ibaba.
Reports showed that many portions of the MacArthur and Roman highways were no longer passable to all types of vehicles.
Many areas in 11 towns and one city were submerged in flood waters.
