San Mateo, Rizal to be placed under state of calamity —acting mayor

Due to the impact of flash flood from Typhoon Ulysses, the municipality of San Mateo in Rizal will be placed under state of calamity, pending approval of its municipal council, Acting Mayor Paeng Diaz said Saturday.

“Sa bayan ng San Mateo ay may labinlimang barangay at 10 po rito ay binaha,” Diaz said in an interview on Dobol B sa News TV.

Of the 10 flooded barangays, four were 80% submerged and the “rest naglalaro sa 70 to 60 [percent].”

“Hiningi po natin sa sangguniang bayan na isailalim na ang bayan sa state of calamity,” he said.

According to Diaz, there are 17 evacuation centers serving as temporary shelters for 1,633 families or 7,494 individuals.

‘[Ang] 1,633 families ay amin silang kina-categorize as partially and totally damaged,” Diaz said, noting that emergency shelter assistance will be extended to affected families.

“Subsided na po ang baha pero iniwan naman nito ay putik,” Diaz said.

“[Pero] wala nang babalikan ang ilang residente na bahay dahil nasira ang mga bahay,” he said.

“Hindi pa pababalikin ang mga residenteng nakatira sa mga danger zone,” he added. —LBG, GMA News