MMDA: Roads passable after flooding subsides
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said most thoroughfares around the area are now passable, after flood subsided there on Friday morning.
As of 9 a.m., floods have subsided in the following areas, making all lanes passable:
- Quezon Ave. - Biak na Bato
- EDSA Gen. Malvar Monument (northbound)
- Domestic LTO (southbound)
- Mendiola Unilever Otis
- Magallanes/Pasong Tamo Tunnel
- España/Maceda-Antipolo
- Finance Road Museum
- Manila City Hall-Taft
- Lagusnilad Tunnel Manila
- UN Perez Manila
- Pedro Gil Riles
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FLOOD UPDATES: As of 9:00 AM. Quezon Ave. Biak na Bato. Flood has subsided. All lanes now passable.</p>— Official MMDA (@MMDA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MMDA/status/751220573116608512">July 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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As of 8:20 a.m., the following roads are also passable with minimal flooding:
- Circulo 7-11 - eastbound (gutter deep, passable to all vehicles);
- NAIA Road, Casino - eastbound/westbound (gutter deep, passable to all types of vehicles);
- Taft LRT in front of Philippine General Hospital - eastbound (gutter deep, passable to all vehicles)
Maysilo Circle in Mandaluyong, meanwhile, is not passable to all types of vehicles due to knee-deep flood. — Rose-An Jessica Dioquino/RSJ, GMA News