DAM WATER ELEVATION. The water level of Angat Dam in Bulacan slightly increased since Typhoon Kammuri entered into the Philippine Area of Responsibility. As of 8 a.m. Monday (Dec. 2, 2019), the dam's water level is at 189.05 meters. (Photo courtesy by Bulacan PDRRMO)
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan -- Monsoon rains enhanced by Typhoon "Tisoy" (international name Kammuri) have slightly elevated the water level of the Angat Dam after the weather system entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Saturday afternoon.
Based on the monitoring of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) of Bulacan, the water level of Angat Dam was at 188.82 meters on Saturday morning and slightly rose to 188.98 meters on Sunday morning and 189.05 meters at 8 a.m. on Monday.
With Bulacan expected to experience intermittent to occasionally heavy rains due to Tisoy, the dam's water level is expected to rise further.
The present water level of Angat Dam is still 22.95 meters below its ideal end-of-the-year water level of 212 meters.
As of 2 p.m. Monday, Bulacan was placed under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 2.
Liz Mungcal, chief of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) said that school classes were suspended on Monday from pre-elementary up to senior high school in the towns of Bulakan, San Miguel, Angat, Pulilan, Doña Remedios Trinidad and City of Malolos for both public and private schools.
Classes in all levels for both public and private schools, on the other hand, were suspended in Sta. Maria, Baliuag, Calumpit, Pandi, and City of San Jose Del Monte, she added. (PNA)
