00:00Much like in July and August at the height of the southwest monsoon when the flood control project fiasco first came to light,
00:08the northeast monsoon this time has exposed more shenanigans of the flood control scam in the province of Cebu,
00:14where a poorly built dike fell apart at the peak of Tino's Passage to drench, drown and devastate all hapless villagers living along and around the river.
00:25This report.
00:25A village in Liloan Cebu was left in ruins.
00:32Bodies were pulled out from debris and forested areas. Entire families were swept away.
00:37Lanny Pepito found his parents already lifeless after floodwaters washed out their home in Barangay Cucut.
00:43It's very painful, Mom. We were crying. My brothers were crying because our father was sick.
00:51Libby Mahinay survived, but only after breaking through the ceiling, climbing to the roof and shielding her child as waters rose to her neck.
01:00Nakagano na lang kami, tapos hanggang dito na yung tubig. May mga sugat kami kasi pinakyat kami.
01:07Dundo na kami sa bubong hanggang nag-umaga, ang lamig na lava.
01:11Hindi namin na kaya, pero nagano na lang kami ng lakas na loob para mapukai.
01:16Cucut turned into a disaster zone.
01:18Roads cut off, communication down, and floodwaters rising nearly two stories high.
01:24Homes crushed, trees uprooted, electric posts scattered. Cars were damaged everywhere.
01:31Survivors blame failed flood control dikes for the ordeal they all suffered, saying it collapsed as torrents surged.
01:38Yung sa park kasi namin, pumutok yung ginawa nilang dive.
01:43Yun, yun, tapos napungo yung tubig, tapos may mga pader.
01:47Pag wash out ng mga pader, ayun, yung tubig talagang pumutan.
01:50Malaki ang tubig ba?
01:51Ang laki talagang.
01:53So yung flood control po yung nasira, kailan po yung ginawa?
01:57Hindi pa yung tapos. Tagal na yung ginawa man, pero walang po tapos-tapos.
02:01At the site, the dike walls split like a biscuit. Steel bars thin, exposed, and rust-stained. Residents demand accountability.
02:11Sana may imbisigahan talaga ito. Ito talagang tunay na dapat imbisigahan. Dahilan?
02:16May naming namatay ng mga tao.
02:19Poorly planned, poorly executed, and we don't know kung may kalokohan din dito.
02:25So that will be up to the ICI investigators to find out.
02:28Pero definitely, kailangan may mga mananagod dito.
02:31The guides were lost here. Hindi ito basta bahay lang.
02:3739 bodies have been recovered in Kot Kot River.
02:4120 are residents of Liloan.
02:43The death toll has surged to 131 for the province and city of Cebu.
02:48Search and rescue operations continue.
02:51137,394 people remain in evacuation centers.
02:56Many are still hungry and waiting for relief.
03:01Local officials are raising to clear mud choke roads and deliver aid while survivors of the city of Cebu.
03:31This is Sharm Zespina from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
