00:00In Naga City, there are people who were stranded there for three days after the typhoon.
00:04And Ian Chu was able to help them.
00:08Ian?
00:11Pia, just after the rain here, which of course caused concern to the residents,
00:16and also to the stranded motorists.
00:19And Pia, behind me, this is the part of the two to four-kilometer stretch
00:25of the line of vehicles going out of Naga to Manila.
00:30The priority, Pia, is the larger vehicles like buses and trucks.
00:36And Pia, they are also allowing tall SUVs and trucks,
00:42but the smaller ones like cars and vans are not allowed to pass
00:46because there is still flooding in the town of Milaor.
00:48Some days, the line of vehicles going out of Naga is long.
00:52Because only large vehicles are allowed on the Maharlika Highway,
00:56that's why the smaller vehicles seem to be getting bored of waiting.
01:00It's really hard. We don't have a budget.
01:04Since last Friday, we were stranded.
01:06But in this bridge, we've been here for two days.
01:10So it's really hard.
01:12The rescue trucks of Manila LG,
01:16the rescue trucks of Manila LGU,
01:19of the Philippine Marines,
01:21and those carrying relief goods,
01:23are full of passengers who are stranded in the flood.
01:27Here in the Bukana of Naga City, there is still a lot of flooding.
01:31And up to that point, it's going towards the direction of the town of Milaor.
01:35That's why up to this moment, only large trucks are allowed to pass
01:40because the SUVs and pickups that tried to pass
01:44are still stuck in that area because up to Bewang Parao,
01:47the highest flood level.
01:49It's an alternate.
01:51So we are giving a chance to the 50 vehicles that came from Manila
01:55and vice versa, there are 50 vehicles going to Metro Manila.
02:01The students from Tagkawayan, Quezon,
02:04who were trapped in the flood,
02:06were rescued by their LGU.
02:08It's really hard. We don't have anything to consume.
02:12It's just a taste.
02:14The MMDA Public Safety Team and BFP
02:17have on-site water purification
02:20and provided drinking water.
02:22The center of Naga is covered in thick white
02:25because of the flooding.
02:27In the town of Kamaligan,
02:29only one person drowned according to the MDRRMO.
02:32Flooding in 13 barangays,
02:35but there is still a place where the water is high.
02:42Pia, as President Bongbong Marcos said,
02:45it's a priority to bring medicines here
02:48against leptospirosis.
02:50So aside from relief goods,
02:52also in the supply of oil,
02:54those who will bring medicines
02:56are among the priorities
02:58to pass through the Maharlika Highway.
03:00Back to you, Pia.
03:02Thank you very much, Ian Cruz.
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