The government has started cloud seeding operations over the watershed serving Magat Dam, hoping to mitigate the impact of the El Niño phenomenon this year, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said this week.
Dams in Luzon continued to open their gates Wednesday as it neared its spilling levels from rains brought by tropical storm Marce and the southwest monsoon.
Two dams in Luzon continued to keep their gates open to let out excess water from rains brought by typhoon “Karen” and the southwest monsoon, the state weather bureau said Tuesday.
People in Pangasinan have been blaming the floods in some towns in the province on the release of water from San Roque Dam as Typhoon “Gener” passed through in late July and the southwest monsoon dumped rains for three days earlier this week.
Local government units were alerted Sunday as dams neared their spilling levels following rains brought by southwest monsoon and tropical storm Gener.
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya— A former governor of Cagayan has blamed officials of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for the massive floods that submerged wide areas in northern Isabela and Cagayan following the onslaught of Typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel” last month. In a statement, former Gov. Edgar Lara said managers of Magat Dam in Ramon, Isabela, [...]
