San Roque dam releases 'alarming amount of water'

 

PAGASA's hydrology division on Saturday said forced evacuation is advisable in some Pangasinan areas due to the "alarming" amount of water being released by the San Roque dam.

Super Radyo dzBB's Divine Reyes reported that, as of 7 p.m. on Saturday, the dam opened its spillway to up to seven meters.

According to PAGASA hydrologist Richard Orendain, the amount of water that was being released to Agno River in Pangasinan was "very alarming."

"Yes, very alarming na nga itong pagpapakawala ni San Roque dahil 'yung seven meters na total opening niya, ang inilalabas niya is 1,395 cubic meters per second," he said.

 

Richard Orendain, Hydrologist ng @dost_pagasa: Ang unang tatamaan dito dahil sa pagpapakawala ng tubig sa San Roque Dam ay ang:
San Roque
San Manuel
San Nicolas
Tayug
Santa Maria
Villasis
Alcala
Bautista
Rosales
Bayambang
Asingan

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) September 15, 2018

 

"Hindi na ito kayang i-accomodate ng Agno river dahil nga po 'yung nakaraang pag-ulan dahil po sa bagyo at talagang halos aabot na sa critical elevation," he added.

"Kailangan na nga po natin ng forced evacuation ang mangyayari dito dahil talagang magkakaroon po 'yun ng malawaking pagbaha dito po sa lugar ng Pangasinan," he said.

Orendain said the following areas in Pangasinan could be first to be affected by the discharge:

• San Manuel
• San Nicolas
• Tayug
• Santa Maria
• Villasis
• Alcala
• Bautista
• Rosales
• Bayambang
• Asingan

"Pinapayuan po natin ang ating mga kababayan na nasa ilog na mag-ingat po tayo at kailangan po nating lisanin ang mga lugar na nabanggit ko," Orendain said.

In a separate interview, Ron Castilloresearch and planning officer of the Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said flooding has already been experienced in some municipalities.

 

Castillo: Meron nang pagbaha sa mga lugar na nabanggit.

San Manuel
San Nicolas
Santa Barbara
Asingan
santa Maria
Villasis
Rosales
Alcala
Bayambang
Bautista
Urbiztondo
Mangatarem
San Carlos
Aguilar
Bugallon
Lingayen

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) September 15, 2018

 

Castillo told Super Radyo dzBB that the provincial government has already advised concerned municipalities about evacuating residents living near the Agno river.

"So 'yung rough estimate natin ay nasa 6,000 na kababayan natin ang dapat i-evacuate sa malalapit po sa Agno river po," he said.

"Nagbigay na po kami ng mga abiso sa mga kinauukulan upang mag-forced evacuation na sa mga lugar na 'to," he added. -NB, GMA News