MANILA, Philippines – Traffic has been reduced to a crawl along the southbound lane of Edsa as rains spawned by Tropical Storm “Juaning” continued to drench Metro Manila Wednesday morning, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said.
Philip Gregorio of the MMDA Metrobase said that heavy traffic was monitored along the southbound lane of EDSA from Buendia to Timog. He said that the northbound lane was moderate to heavy from Buendia to Guadalupe.
Along C5, from Libis to Bagong Ilog, traffic is moderate to heavy, Gregorio said.
Traffic in the rest of Metro Manila is light, he added.
Meanwhile, all floods from Tuesday night have subsided, said Rosbid Bamba of the MMDA Flood Control but that they were monitoring the areas of Camanava, Manila, and Quezon City that were known to be perennially affected by floods.
Amount, however, is much lower compared to Tropical Storm Ondoy’s 56 mm per hour in September 26, 2009 when it flooded large parts of Metro Manila after continuous downpour.
Classes were already suspended from kindergarten to college in anticipation of Juaning’s heavy rains.
As of 5 a.m., public storm signal number 2 is hoisted over Metro Manila, where residents are expected to brace winds of greater than 60 kilometers per hour (kph) and up to 100 kph in at least 24 hours.
Yumul also downplayed chances that Juaning will develop into a typhoon since it already made landfall.
Juaning, the tenth storm to visit the country this year, had its first landfall in Casiguran, Aurora at 9:30 a.m.
“We are monitoring Angat and Ipo dams as Juaning will affect NCR (National Capital Region) and possibly fill these dams,” he said.
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said they have already activated pumping stations that would help flood waters to subside.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino also said they are currently monitoring flood-prone areas in the metropolis and emergency personnel are ready to respond to any eventuality.
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