Live Blog

August 9 weather and disaster-related updates

This live blog will pool together updates related to the weather and the floods that plagued various parts of Metro Manila since August 7. Stay tuned!

  • Is your area still flooded? Send us pictures through desk@rappler.com. Use #WeatherAlert as email subject
  • Quick updates: At 9am today, Pagasa lowered the alert level from Green to Yellow. Here's the link to Pagasa's tweet lowering the alert level

  • If you haven't seen it yet, here's Pagasa's weather bulletin as of 5am today

  • Pagasa's latest flood bulletin, as of 5am today

  • Status of the dams as of 6am

  • Dam water levels as of 7:10 am

  • Will keep posting quick updates via our live blog. Is it still flooded where you currently are? Send us your pictures & we will post them here

  • Situation this morning at the Pureza LRT Station, Southbound side

  • LRT Pureza Northbound side (NSO main side) (Photo by Cai Ordinario)

  • Latest Doppler radar images from the Subic and Tagaytay stations, courtesy of Project NOAH.

  • PAGASA: As of 10:38AM Light to moderate rains over Tagaytay and southern portions of Cavite.
  • Here's a list of inaccessible roads in Luzon: there's 34 of them.
  • Important reminder from Meralco: As floodwaters subside and as Meralco restores power to flooded areas, let us first check our homes for our electrical safety. Ensure that all breakers are turned off. Please check flooded outlets, switches, electric meters and other electrical facilities for debris and mud. Have a certified electrician check your electrical faciilties before turning these on.
  • Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao: What's the #weather like in your area? We'd like to know. If possible, tweet us your photos. Stay safe!
  • From Ros Juan (@juanxi): now need to track people who have been rescued so we can happily mark them rescued! pls tweet us info with #safenow hashtag
  • From Philippine Airlines (@flyPAL): PAL offers free airlift of relief goods for NCR flood victims. Details: www.philippineairlines.com #reliefPH
  • We're also tweeting updates. Follow us at @rapplerdotcom.

  • Taken at around 9am-915am of SM Centerpoint area in Sta. Mesa. Photo by Cai Ordinario.

  • V. Mapa, taken around 9-915am. Photo by Cai Ordinario.

  • #reliefPH #floodsPH List: evacuation centers, relief operations in Metro Manila www.rappler.com

  • The UST compound flooded as seen by Rappler follower @vxalexei. Taken before noon, Aug 8. instagr.am

  • #weather It's raining hard again here in Ortigas.

  • And just like that, the rain here in Ortigas ends.
  • Advisory from Philippine Airlines: Advisory #7: (08Aug/11am) All PAL flights are operating normally except for PR336/337 (Shanghai Pudong) due to proximity of TS Haiku to Shanghai.
  • From Rappler's Cai Ordinario: Gener, Southwest Monsoon agri damage reach P152.1M. Biggest loss from rice sector worth P131.49M

  • From MMDA's Yves Gonzalez: Volunteer rescue personnel from Albay arrive at MMDA FCIC ready for dispatching to QC. twitpic.com

  • Rappler follower @JoshKin sent us this photo of the flood situation in Sampaloc, Manila: yfrog.com

  • From the DSWD: RT @DSWDserve To date, 294 evac ctrs remain open providing shelter to 31,379 families with 149,050 pax in Reg I, III, IV-A & B, VI & NCR
  • From the DepEd Twitter: Sec. Luistro: We need to make sure that we have enough supplies to provide for the needs of evacuees under our care. Let us work hand in hand with our City and Baranggay officials to ensure that urgent needs are provided given the current situation.
  • From Pagasa: YELLOW WARNING SIGNAL:
    Issued at: 01:45 PM, 08 August 2012 (Wednesday)
    Target Areas: Metro Manila

    Heavy rainfall (8-15 mm/hr) was recorded over Metro Manila for the past hour.

    Moderate to Heavy (5-15 mm/hr) rains is expected over
    Metro Manila with occasional Intense (16-20 mm/hr) rains within the next 2 hours.

    POSSIBLE FLOODING in low-lying areas and those located near the river channels.

    People are advised to TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES and WATCH OUT for the next updates.
  • Latest from Rappler.com: 'Gener' pushes July inflation to 3.2%, a 6-month high bit.ly
  • From MMDA's Yves Gonzalez: As of 2:45pm, E.Rod - Araneta ave still no flooding at the moment but towards Q.Ave not recommended to pass. pic.twitter.com
  • From the LRTA: LRT 1&2 last train sked-from Baclaran & Santolan-9:30 PM, from Roosevelt & Recto-10:00 PM.
  • From @SkywaySOMCO: FLOOD UPDATE as of 3:05PM: MATES (operator of SLEX) reported no floods along the stretch of Alabang to Santo Tomas NB/SB.

  • Earlier: RT @rickycarandang: The President addresses the crowd in Muntinlupa. pic.twitter.com

  • RT @pcdpso: ADVISORY: As of 3:00 PM, number coding in Makati City has been lifted. #MakatiTraffic | via @MakatiTraffic
  • Department of Education (DepEd) announced that over 160 schools are providing shelter for over 14,000 families affected by flooding due to incessant rain in Luzon.

    Education Secretary Armin Luistro instructed DepEd-National Capital Region (NCR) schools division superintendents to work closely with local government units and city social welfare and development offices in their respective areas.

    “We need to make sure that we have enough supplies to provide for the needs of evacuees under our care. Let us work hand in hand with our city and barangay officials to ensure that urgent needs are provided, given the current situation,” Luistro said.

    DepEd reported that as of 10 am, August 8, the largest number of evacuees (9,741 families) was in NCR followed by Region 3 (2,568 families) and Region 4A (2,180 families).
  • From @govph: How to make sense of PAGASA’s color-coded warning signals t.co #PHalerts

  • From MMDA's Yves Gonzalez: EDSA P.Tuazon tunnel flood as of 4PM. All vehicles diverted to service roads. @MMDA twitpic.com twitpic.com

  • From MMDA's Yves Gonzalez: EDSA P.Tuazon tunnel flood as of 4PM. All vehicles diverted to service roads. @MMDA twitpic.com twitpic.com

  • From Rappler's Natashya Gutierrez: Rescue team on their way to Pampanga where many still stranded. Team loads their lone rubber boat. pic.twitter.com
  • RAPPLER TOP STORY:
    More than 1-M battle floods; 20 dead

    More than a million people in and around Metro Manila battled deadly floods Wednesday, August 8, as more rain fell, with neck-deep waters trapping both slum dwellers and the wealthy elite on rooftops.

    The death toll in Manila and nearby provinces rose to 20 on Wednesday, including 9 members of one family who died in a landslide.

    Read more: More than 1-M battle floods; 20 dead
  • From Meralco: We reiterate that there is NO truth to a circulating rumor of a possible national blackout. Meralco has ONLY de-energized areas that are SEVERELY FLOODED. Please regard such as false information.
  • Mayor Junjun Binay suspends classes in Makati, all levels, public and private, Thursday, Aug 9 #floodsPH
  • Flashfloods have hit parts of Metro Manila Wednesday afternoon, August 8, with weather bureau Pagasa raising the Red Warning signal.

    In the past few hours, Pagasa said torrential rainfall was recorded over Quezon City, Manila, and Marikina, amounting to 30-50 millimeters per hour; while heavy to intense rainfall (15-30 mm/h) fell over Pasig, CAMANAVA, Taguig, and Pasay.

    The rest of Metro Manila, meanwhile, experienced moderate to heavy rainfall. This translated to 7.5-15 mm/h, the bureau said.

    Heavy to intense rainfall, with occasional torrential downpour (more than 30 mm/h) is expected between 4:30 -6:30 pm over the region, due to thunderstorms embedded in the southwest monsoon.

    Floods and landslides are a possibility in these areas, and residents are advised to take precautionary measures, the bureau said.
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