Luzon’s La Mesa, Ipo dams overflow

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(UPDATES) TWO major Luzon dams — La Mesa Dam in Quezon City and Ipo Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan — have breached their spilling levels due to incessant rains spawned by Storm Enteng and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat).

Operators opened one floodgate of the Ipo Dam in a bid to control the release of excess water in minimum amounts at 0.9 cubic meters per second, Nathaniel Servando, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) administrator, told The Manila Times (TMT) on Wednesday.

“We have always been alerting the concerned local government units and villages a day or several hours before the gates are opened to allow them to prepare,” Servando added.

ALL EARS President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. listens during a briefing on the effects of Tropical Storm Enteng at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council office in Quezon City on Sept. 4, 2024. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Also, hydrologist Edgar de la Cruz told TMT that La Mesa had already breached its spilling level of 80.15-meter elevation.

He said the excess water from the La Mesa Dam flows down the Tullahan River.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. presides over a situational briefing on the effects of Tropical Storm ‘Enteng’ at the National Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council headquarters in Quezon City on Sept. 4, 2024. The President also conducted an aerial inspection of Marikina, Rizal and Metro Manila, which were badly hit by the storm. PHOTOS BY YUMMIE DINGDING/PPA POOL

Pagasa hydrologists are also closely monitoring the water level of the Magat Dam in Isabela province, which was measured at 184.61 m or a deviation of -5.39 m from its normal high water level of 190 m.

Authorities conduct a retrieval operation for the bodies of victims who died in a landslide at Sitio Banaba in Barangay San Luis, Antipolo on Sept. 4, 2024. The four individuals were reported dead after their house fell from a 75-foot high ravine due to a landslide caused by tropical storm Enteng. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

Enteng exits

After wreaking havoc in some Luzon areas, Enteng exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) early Wednesday morning, Pagasa said.

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) leads the cleanup of dolomites at Manila Bay on Sept. 4, 2024, days after Tropical Storm ‘Enteng’ and an enhanced southwest monsoon swamped Metro Manila and nearby provinces. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN

However, weather specialist Benison Estareja said they spotted a new cloud cluster east of Luzon, but it was unlikely to develop into a weather disturbance in the next 24 hours.

Staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and volunteers at the DSWD National Resource Operations Center in Pasay City on Sept. 4, 2024 repack and load trucks with relief items that will be taken to the victims of Tropical Storm ‘Enteng’ in the National Capital Region and Calabarzon. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN

Meanwhile, the trough of Enteng, now with the international name Yagi, is affecting the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte, where scattered rains and thunderstorms would prevail, Pagasa said in its 5 a.m. bulletin. Monsoon rains would continue in Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan and Occidental Mindoro, and occasional rain showers would prevail in Metro Manila, La Union, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Rizal, Oriental Mindoro, northern Palawan and the rest of Central Luzon on one hand, it added.

Residents of Marilao, Bulacan open their business establishments amid knee- to waist-deep flood waters caused by Tropical Storm ‘Enteng’ and the southwest monsoon on Sept. 4, 2024. PHOTOS BY ISMAEL DE JUAN