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Transcript
00:00Some streets in Lopez, Quezon could not pass because of the heavy rain.
00:05Let's see how the situation is in the on-the-spot coverage of June Veneracion.
00:10June!
00:14Rafi, to our fellow motorists, if you only have live vehicles,
00:20and you plan to travel from Bicol to Quezon,
00:25or if you plan to travel from Quezon to Bicol,
00:28just think about it because this is what will solve your problem.
00:33I will just move aside, Rafi, so that you can see the live video of the situation here in Lopez, Quezon.
00:41That is not a river.
00:43That is a floodplain that overflowed because of the heavy rain
00:49that hit the mountains and reached the floodplain.
00:54At 3 o'clock in the early morning, Rafi, the PNP started to stop the live vehicles
01:00from crossing the viaduct here in Lopez, Quezon
01:04for the safety of motorists and passengers.
01:08Because the floodwater continues to rise in this area.
01:11Only trucks, buses, and pickups are going through.
01:16We saw a few motorcycles earlier that got stuck.
01:20But that's it, it reached the middle and their vehicles got stuck.
01:24If it rains, this is really the problem here in what this viaduct is doing
01:30so that there is a safe passage when the construction continues to flood here
01:37to address that problem, Rafi.
01:40When it rains, the water from the mountains goes down and goes to the rice fields.
01:46Here, the number of vehicles that are not able to cross the road is 80.
01:53But surely, that number is higher or higher now
01:58because there are still many who do not know about the situation here.
02:02Those who really want to cross, some are just walking to cross.
02:09Others are riding motorcycles on rafts to cross from the other end of this area
02:20here in the town of Lopez, Quezon.
02:22That's the latest.
02:23From here, back to you, Rafi.
02:25Jun, are there any alternatives that our motorists can go through
02:28that we were told that there is a flood there and they should not cross that area?
02:33That's also what we asked, Rafi, to the police here.
02:37We asked if there are alternatives because this road is very crucial.
02:41They said no.
02:42That's why the number of vehicles here in this area, here in Lopez, Quezon,
02:49and on the other side, our team is there documenting the situation.
02:55The number of vehicles, the passengers inside their vehicles,
03:00those who are saving gasoline, their engines are dead.
03:06Others are walking.
03:08There are also big trucks here by the government.
03:12There are military trucks.
03:14We saw a truck of the MMDA here, Rafi,
03:17and they are the ones giving free rides to those who are here
03:23just to cross from the other end of this area, Rafi.
03:26Thank you very much and be careful there, Jun Veneracion.
03:35For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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