FLOODWATERS reaching more than 4 meters high swamped thousands of houses in the storm-battered Northern Luzon on Tuesday after rivers overflowed following heavy rain and a dam release.
Typhoon Pepito drenched swaths of the country over the weekend, swelling the Cagayan River and tributaries and forcing the release of water from Magat Dam.The Cagayan River broke its banks, spilling water over already sodden farmland and communities, affecting tens of thousands of people.
This aerial photo shows houses submerged in floodwaters due to a swollen river caused by heavy rains from Super Typhoon Pepito in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province, on Nov. 19, 2024. Buildings, lamp posts and trees poked through a lake of brown water in Tuguegarao City in Cagayan province, where provincial disaster official Ian Valdepenas said floodwaters reached more than four meters in some places.'We experienced very heavy rains two days ago, but the flood just started to rise when Magat Dam started releasing huge volumes of water,' Valdepenas said.'Plus, our land is already saturated because of the consecutive typhoons hitting the area.
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