00:00GMA Integrated News has reached the gradual flooding of a river in Cavite that resulted in a flood of rice.
00:09The Red Rainfall Warning was also raised in Laloigan from Noveleta, Cavite.
00:14Salima Refrat was live. Salima.
00:19Emil, you know, the rain continues to pour here in Noveleta, Cavite.
00:24And because of that rain, the rivers are flooding.
00:28You can see behind me, this is the Antero-Soriano Highway, where the vehicles are barely moving.
00:34That is because of the flooding of the river, Noveleta Intersection cannot pass.
00:45Last night, it rained, but in the afternoon, the heavy rain of Hurricane Christine in Cavite began to pour.
00:52At 3 p.m., the Red Rainfall Warning was raised in the province.
00:56Because of the heavy rain, the water level of the rivers quickly rose.
01:02Because of the heavy rain of Hurricane Christine, the rivers in Noveleta, Cavite are flooding.
01:09And you can see, the water level is rising.
01:12The water is about to reach this side of San Antonio 2.
01:16It will become a road.
01:19It will be flooded with garbage.
01:25Earlier, we saw residents there.
01:27The water level was up to their knees.
01:31But what we heard is that most of the residents have already fled since last night.
01:37We cannot enter inside the house anymore.
01:39Our house is not flooded anymore.
01:41The water has already entered.
01:42The water level is very high.
01:46The water level is rising fast.
01:49To the residents of Noveleta, please be careful.
01:53Residents on the other side of the river and the waterways in Ternate also fled.
01:59We are really on the other side of the river.
02:01When it's high tide, we reach our house.
02:04Especially now that it's raining.
02:06According to Cavite PDRMO, 500 families fled last night.
02:11It is expected that the rain will increase this afternoon.
02:15The DRRMO has monitored the LGUs for this.
02:19All of our barangays have been alerted and flooded in the entire town of Noveleta.
02:27It is difficult for the commuters because of the heavy rain and flood.
02:30The traffic flow is also heavy on the various highways of the province.
02:35Emile, at this time, the Noveleta LDRMO is carrying out a forced evacuation.
02:42That is because 16 barangays are on the other side of the river and the sea.
02:47According to us, they will continue their rescue operations.
02:52However, they need to wait for the water level to go down.
02:56Meanwhile, Emile has declared a state of calamity here in the province of Cavite.
03:05Thank you very much. Salima Refran.
03:08Meanwhile, we will receive this news.
03:11The state of calamity has been declared in the entire province of Cavite.
