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Senators chide DENR for saying even healthy Marikina Watershed couldn t have stopped Ulysses floods
Dec 10, 2020 4:05 PM PHT
Senator Cynthia Villar was “shocked,” Senator Risa Hontiveros was “very surprised,” and Senator Imee Marcos “nearly fainted” when they heard an official from the environment department say that the massive flooding caused by Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco) in Metro Manila could not have been prevented even if the Marikina Watershed had not been denuded.
The Senate committee on environment and natural resources led by Villar held a hearing on Thursday, December 10, about the environmental aspect of what caused the unprecedented floods in different parts of Luzon following successive typhoons Quinta (Molave), Rolly (Goni), and Ulysses.