PBBM on Flood Control: "There has to be a big plan"

Manila Bulletin

Speaking at a situation briefing in Quezon Province on Friday, July 26, Marcos stressed anew the need for a nationwide flood-control plan after seeing the severe flooding the typhoon caused in Metro Manila and neighboring provinces.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/26/marcos-flood-control-has-to-be-a-big-plan  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00This is the first typhoon in La Niña, so we have to prepare for that.

00:08Let's think about preparing for that.

00:11You mentioned that there are places that weren't flooded before.

00:19It's the same for us.

00:21Before, we didn't get flooded.

00:22We knew where the water would go, where it would get flooded.

00:25But not anymore.

00:26Everything has changed.

00:27So that's what we have to figure out.

00:29Why did it change?

00:30Where did the water come from?

00:31Where did it go?

00:32What are we going to do to prevent that?

00:35To at least impound?

00:37Whatever.

00:38What will be the plan?

00:39The reason why I'm going back and forth is because flood control...

00:46Water doesn't know boundaries.

00:49That's why flood control has to be a big plan.

00:53It will cross 3, 4, 5 regions.

00:57It can't be just one town here and one town there.

01:01That's why we're trying to assess what are the significant changes.

01:07Because all our flood control projects are projects that are in response to the flooding before.

01:17It has changed.

01:21Number one.

01:23Why?

01:25The sea is higher now than before.

01:28Number one.

01:29That's why when there's a high tide, the water will overflow from the dikes and flood control.

01:39That's why we need to look at that again.

01:42Why do they keep adding more dikes?

01:45Add another meter.

01:47That's not going to do it.

01:49We have to understand the flow of the water and how to somehow manage it

01:57so that it does not flood into the productive areas, the households, the residential communities.

02:14And this kind of thing.

02:16The road is being destroyed.

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