Situationinfloodedtownsgoingbacktonormal

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The situation i n coastal communities in the province is now going back to normal after water level i n Pampanga River started to subside.

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said that several communities in t he towns of Candaba, Masantol, Macabebe and San Simon were only flooded during onslaught of Typhoon Labuyo.

In Macabebe t own, affected barangays were Castuli, San Jose, Saplad, David, Teresa, Matagiti, Sto. Nino, Sta. Cruz and Kadwang Tete. These communities are now back to normal situation.

Barangays Sta. Lucia Anak, Bebe Anak, San Nicolas, Sta. Lucia Wakas, San Agustin, Bebe Matua, Alauli, Balibago, Bagang, Sagrada, Nigui, Sapang Kawayan, Sta. Lucia Matua, San Pedro, Sta Cruz and Sto. Nino in Masantol town were also flooded.

In San Simon, only two barangays were affected by Typhoon Labuyo naming Sto. Nino and San Agustin.

In Candaba town, several l ow-lying communities were li kewise submerged to flood water as a result of the over flowing of Pampanga River and other river channels including San Agustin, Buas, Gulap, Sto. Rosario, Mapanique, Vizal Sto. Cristo, Vizal Sto. Nino, Vizal San Pablo and Pulung Gubat.

Of these barangays, only San Agustin is still under three-feet t flood water.

Hundreds of families were displaced and forced to temporarily leave their houses for their safety.

Some eight families in Barangay Sto. Nino, Candaba town whose houses were destroyed.