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VP Robredo visits flood-hit Cagayan

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/15/20201114-tuguegarao-cagayan-flood-cz-33.jpg"/><figcaption>Scenes from Tuguegarao along the city’s main road towards the capitol as the area experiences floods in the wake of rains brought by Typhoon Ulysses on November14, 2020. <em>Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday morning visited submerged Cagayan province to provide assistance.</p><p>Robredo said her team arrived in the inundated province a few hours before her.</p><p>&quot;We arrived Cagayan this morning. Our team arrived a few hours earlier with supplies. Situation is so much better. Many areas still flooded but water receded already,&quot; she said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/lenirobredo/status/1327777978932027393">tweet</a>.</p><p>In a video post on her Facebook account past 9 a.m., Robredo could be seen passing by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=3310239979105279&amp;ref=watch_permalink">Barangay Annafunan East</a> in Tuguegarao City where, according to her, many requests for assistance. reached her office.</p><p>&quot;Kare-recede lang po ng tubig, kaya kung mapapansin natin, parang meron pa siyang residue. Maputik pa yung mga loob ng mga bahay. So makikita natin na naglilinis yung mga tao,&quot; she described the area while her vehicle passes by.</p><p>(Flood water has just receded. So, if you notice, there&#x27;s still residue. There&#x27;s still mud inside the houses. And we can see people cleaning their houses.)</p><p>She said many were requesting for food and drinking water.</p><p>&quot;Aasikasuhin natin &#x27;yan ngayong araw,&quot; Robredo said, adding her team brought mattresses aside from hot meals.</p><p>(We will attend to those needs today.)</p><p>Robredo was among those who first coordinated response for the the province.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/20/marine-rescue-teams-on-way-to-flood-ravaged-cagayan-valley-robredo-says">Marine rescue teams on way to flood-ravaged Cagayan Valley, Robredo says</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/20/robredo-many-ulysses-victims-were-caught-off-guard-by-severe-flooding">Robredo: Many Ulysses victims were caught off guard by severe flooding</a></li></ul><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/VPLeniRobredoPH/videos/836845400478553" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Some 24 out of 28 towns and 1 city remain &quot;underwater&quot; in Cagayan as of Sunday morning, said Governor Manuel Mamba.</p><p>&quot;Beyond Tuguegarao, mahihirapan po kayo makapasok kasi most are still underwater,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s TeleRadyo.</p><p>(You will find it difficult to enter beyond Tuguegarao as most towns are still underwater.)</p><p>The province experienced &quot;unprecedented&quot; flooding with the water level at the Bunton Gauge reaching 13.1 meters, much higher than the &quot;worst&quot; it recorded previously between 11 to 12 meters, Mamba said.</p><p>&quot;Ito po ay unprecedented flooding. Ang sabi dito sa Tuguegarao, the last time na nagkaroon sila ng ganito was 1975. That was 45 years ago. </p><p>(This is unprecedented flooding. Tuguegarao last experienced flooding this worse in 1975.)</p><p>&quot;Nakapag-prepare po kami, lahat ng klase ng preparasyon - preemptive evacuation, forced evacuation, prepositioning, information drive... Na-surprise din kami sa dami ng tubig na dumating dito sa&#x27;min.&quot;</p><p>(We were prepared. We made all kinds of preparations from preemptive to forced evauctaion, prepositioning, information drive...We were surprised by the volume of water that came to us.)</p><p>Mamba appealed to the government and private sector for food and water as some 294,000 residents were affected by the floods and the province&#x27;s fund had been depleted by the COVID-19 pandemic and previous storms.</p><p>&quot;Water and ready-to-eat food. Marami pong di pa rin makapagluto,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Many cannot cook yet.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d36nds1yX9Q?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday morning visited submerged Cagayan province to provide assistance.</p>

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday morning visited submerged Cagayan province to provide assistance.

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VP Robredo visits flood-hit Cagayan

Gillan Ropero,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 15, 2020 10:33 AM PHT

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Updated November 15, 2020 10:48 AM PHT

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