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00:00Let's now talk about the location of rivers and dams.

00:04We will interview Pagasa Hydrologist, Richard Orendain.

00:08Good evening, Mr. Orendain.

00:10Yes, good evening to all and to our viewers, good evening.

00:15Sir, what are the dams that are losing water today?

00:19And what are the places that are affected by this?

00:22Yes, earlier at 11 in the morning,

00:25this Ipu Dam opened three gates,

00:29but at the moment, they have only opened one gate,

00:34one radial gate.

00:36As of 10 p.m.,

00:38the total spill of Ipu Dam is 61.10 cubic meters per second.

00:44And the water that is coming out from the spillway

00:49flows through the Angat River.

00:52And this affected area is the municipality of North Sagaray,

00:57Angat, San Rafael, Bustos, Baliwag, Pulilan,

01:02Claridel, and Hagonoy.

01:04So we are warning our fellow citizens who live there,

01:07near the river,

01:09that if possible, they should evacuate first

01:12because of the water spill from Ipu Dam.

01:15Meanwhile, earlier at 11 in the morning,

01:20this Binga Dam also opened a gate,

01:25but at the moment, earlier at 3 p.m.,

01:28it also closed one gate

01:30because the rainfall within the watershed of Binga Dam is already weak.

01:35And this is the third, Lamesa Dam.

01:40Earlier at 6 in the morning,

01:42it started to overflow.

01:44It reached 80.16 water level elevation.

01:49Most likely, the affected areas here,

01:54downstream of Lamesa Dam,

01:57starting from Quezon City,

02:00Fairview,

02:02Forest Hills subdivision,

02:05Quirino Highway,

02:07Barangay Capri,

02:09Goodwill Homes,

02:10Santa Cateria,

02:11and Barangay San Bartolome.

02:13When it comes to Valenzuela,

02:15this is Barangay Ligon,

02:17North Expressway,

02:19and La Huerta subdivision.

02:20And then, straight to Malabon,

02:22the water will exit here in Manila Bay.

02:26So, that's what we're monitoring right now

02:30because Lamesa Dam,

02:32at the moment, its elevation is 80.17

02:35earlier at 10 in the evening.

02:37So, it means that it's increasing by 2 centimeters.

02:42So, that's equivalent to reaching

02:461.14 cubic meters per second

02:49that's flowing here in Tuyahan.

02:51Okay.

02:52Sir Richard, aside from Lamesa Dam that you mentioned,

02:55what other dams that are close to the spilling level

02:58or where the water level is critical

03:00that will possibly lose water

03:02in the next few days

03:03if the rain continues?

03:05Actually,

03:07at the moment,

03:08our dams are in recovery period.

03:12Other dams,

03:13except for Ipo, Binga, and Lamesa,

03:17the rest are in recovery period.

03:20It's still a bit far from the spilling level.

03:23Like for example,

03:25here in Angat Dam,

03:26it still needs at least 29.4 meters

03:30to reach the spilling level.

03:32So, it's still a bit far.

03:35Angat Dam still needs more.

03:39The same with Magat Dam,

03:40it still needs 14.42 meters

03:43to reach the normal high water level

03:46or the spilling level of 190 meters.

03:49So, our other dams are safe

03:52except for Ipo, Binga, and Lamesa Dam.

03:57As for Angat Dam,

03:58Sir Richard,

03:59it's still not at the spilling level?

04:01Not yet.

04:02It's still a bit far.

04:04It needs at least 29.4 meters

04:09to reach the normal high water level

04:12of 210 meters.

04:14Alright.

04:15Thank you very much,

04:16Hydrologist Richard Orendai.

04:18Thank you very much,

04:20and good night.

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