Several roads in Metro Manila not passable, says MMDA | Inquirer News

Several roads in Metro Manila not passable, says MMDA

/ 07:45 PM June 23, 2011

Tropical Storm Falcon leaves Mola Street flooded in Barangay La Paz in Makati City. The storm spawned heavy rains in Metro Manila and other Luzon regions. Video by Noy Morcoso/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines—Several roads in Metro Manila were not passable to light vehicles as floods hit various in areas in the metropolis due to heavy rains spawned by Tropical Storm Falcon, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Thursday.

The Tumana River reached a critical level as of 7 p.m., MMDA Metrobase information officer Vincent Lizada said.

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Roads left not passable to light vehicles were: Aurora Boulevard from Isetan to 15th Avenue (with floodwater 26 inches deep), Malabon particularly MH del Pilar (32 inches) and Dampalit (32 inches), Osmena Highway particularly from Bangkal to Buendia (25 inches), and as Lawton (19 inches).

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Along Araneta Avenue, the corner of Maria Clara and NS Amoranto was not passable to all types of vehicles as water reached five to six feet.

He said that Lagusnilad was not passable at all, saying the water was more than five feet deep.

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