MANILA (UPDATED) – On Saturday afternoon, flooding was caused by heavy rain in some areas of Metro Manila, including on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue in front of Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
Up until 2:15 p.m., when the water began to recede, the northbound lane of EDSA in front of the Armed Forces of the Philippines was under water and impassable to light vehicles like automobiles and motorbikes.
Flooding was also recorded by MMDA in the following locations:
- Balintawak Market Northbound – Gutter deep. Passable to all types of vehicles.
- Edsa Balintawak – 4″(half gutter)
- EDSA North Avenue SB – Gutter deep. Passable to all types of vehicles.
- Edsa SB Panay Ave towards Mo. Ignacia – 8″ (gutter)
- EDSA Kamuning Northbound and Southbound – Gutter deep; passable to all types of vehicles.
- Edsa NB Main Ave – 10″ (half knee)
- East Ave. Westbound before EDSA – Gutter deep; passable to all types of vehicles.
- Ramon Magsaysay Blvd. Altura bridge EB. Knee deep. Not passable to small types of vehicles.
- Vicente España Eastbound – Gutter deep. Passable to all types of vehicles.
- España-Antipolo 6″ (half gutter)
- España-Dela Fuente 8″ (gutter)
- España-Maceda WB. Gutter deep. Passable to all types of vehicles
- Araneta-Kaliraya NB – half tire deep; not passable to light vehicles.
- G. Araneta Northbound and Southbound E. Rodriguez- -13″(half tire)
- Valle Verde Gate 6 SB.
- C5 Eastwood SB – Gutter deep; passable to all types of vehicles.
- C5 Kalayaan SB – Gutter deep. Passable to all types of vehicles.
Although many of the flooded roads are still passable to vehicles, motorists can expect heavier traffic than usual.
