Valenzuela residents displaced as Nona floods barangay

Residents of a barangay in Valenzuela fled after their homes were hit by chest-deep floods following heavy rains in Metro Manila on Tuesday night.

A News To Go report said firemen and rescue team from the local government of Valenzuela rushed to Barangay Marulas to rescue its residents, whose homes were submerged in floodwaters.

As of Wednesday morning, the affected residents were still staying at the Valenzuela High School.

The report said that overflor water from the Tullahan River flooded the barangay.

Floodwaters from Quezon City also flowed to Valenzuela and contributed to the flooding in the village.

Metro Manila was hit by heavy rains on Tuesday night as Typhoon Nona was crossing Mindoro province.

In its 11 a.m. bulletin, weather bureau PAGASA said Nona has weakened slightly as it slowly moved over the West Philippine Sea.

As of 10 a.m., the typhoon's center was estimated at 90 kilometers west of Ternate, Cavite.

It is expected to remain inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility until Friday.

PAGASA said public storm signal number 2 remains hoisted over Bataan, southern part of Zambales, Cavite, Batangas and Lubang Island.

Metro Manila remains under storm warning signal number 1 along with Pampanga, Bulacan, Tarlac, Rizal, Laguna, northern Occidental Mindoro and northern Oriental Mindoro and the rest of Zambales. —ALG, GMA News