00:00While Typhoon Uwan brought heavy rains, it wasn't just the winds that caused destruction.
00:05In many areas including Kalumpit and Hagonoy in Bulacan, the floods continue to make survival a daily challenge.
00:12Our Isaiah Mirafuentes provides us the story.
00:18During the heavy rains brought by Typhoon Uwan, poor Marisa was accidentally beaten by a cat.
00:25But getting to the hospital was a huge challenge for her as most parts of Kalumpit, Bulacan lay under deep floodwaters.
00:33Even her own home was not spared.
00:48The flooding in Kalumpit rose to chest deep in some areas.
00:51According to residents, even without a storm, their town is often flooded, mainly due to high tide.
01:04According to the Kalumpit and the RRMO, more than 500 individuals are sheltering in 10 evacuation centers in the municipality.
01:13Inside the centers, evacuees have laid down their beds on the cold floors.
01:18To make matter worse, water levels in Kalumpit,
01:48Kalumpit are expected to rise even further.
01:51And authorities estimate it could take up to five months before the floods fully recede them.
01:57There is also an extraordinary but not surprising sight in Hagonoy, Bulacan,
02:02where a seminary is completely submerged in floodwaters.
02:06Occurring to residents, water levels in the seminary reach up to the waste,
02:12forcing some families to transfer their loved ones' remains to other cemeteries.
02:16The widespread flooding in Hagonoy is a perennial problem,
02:21compounded by storm tide, or the combined and simultaneous effects of high tide and storm surge.
02:27Based on the list released by the DPWH,
02:29Bulacan is the most number of flood control projects in the country.
02:34Yet, when strong typhoons hit,
02:37Bulacan is still the first to be submerged,
02:40with some towns seemingly left to drown in floodwaters.
02:43Isaiah Mirafuentes from the National TV Network for New and Better Philippines.
