00:00She was also not saved from the heavy rain in Cebu City.
00:04And now, a woman, after the wall was built by a nearby condominium.
00:12Jessie Atianza of PTV Cebu, in the center of the news.
00:19It's raining, guys, but people are still hungry. It's up to us.
00:24This family did not expect the heavy rain to reach Cebu City during the afternoon.
00:29The house was flooded by the family of Lori Eran this Sunday night.
00:35Because of the unceasing rain in Metro Cebu.
00:39A netizen also reported that the motorbikes in the downtown area were also submerged in the rain.
00:44It was as if they were stuck in the middle of the road because of the heavy rain.
00:49They had nothing to do but to wait for the rain to stop.
00:55The rescue teams of Cebu City and the BFP Special Rescue Force Region 7 responded to the wife trapped inside the house.
01:05Because a wall was built near a condominium property in Barangay Tisa.
01:10According to the authorities, the rescue operation took seven hours.
01:15Elisa Batin was killed.
01:17Her husband, Liberato, was saved.
01:20The rescue operation was hard because of the continuous pouring of rain that caused the instability of the ground.
01:31That's why our rescuers were very careful so that there would be no disaster.
01:41Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia of Cebu City called for an investigation of the incident.
01:48I'm not Superman. I cannot solve that overnight.
01:52But at least we're already doing something about it.
01:55We already have plans.
01:57We already have concrete solutions.
02:02Cebu City Government promised financial assistance to the victims.
02:06From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza.
02:09For Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
02:17For Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
