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BEFORE his death in a car accident in 1997, Rep. Emigdio Bondoc Jr. of Pampanga s fourth district was making an inventory of the dead or near-dead rivers of Central Luzon and the tributaries that were totally dependent on the major rivers. By this time, the geography of flooding in his province was shifting from the traditional catch basins like Lubao which literally means lo bajo, or low place to coastal towns covered by his district: Macabebe, Masantol and nearby areas. The absorptive capacity of his coastal town for even the briefest of rain dumps was at near breaking point. During the rainy season, his constituencies were always preparing for the worst and the inevitable evacuation orders.

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