Typhoon Pepeng : No truth to text messages that San Roque dam is collapsing – NDCC
Residents near San Roque Dam have received news that the San Roque dam is collapsing early Saturday Morning thru Message in the SMS.
National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) spokesman Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres Jr. appealed for calm on radio, saying the text messages were false.
“Di totoo ang message na sumabog ang San Roque Dam … Kaya nakikiusap ako na huminahon (It is not true the dam had burst. I ask the people to stay calm),” Torres said in an interview on dzRH radio.
Gina Limpingco-Marcos, a resident of Bautista town in Pangasinan, said some of her neighbors have been fleeing their homes on Saturday morning following the text messages.
“Pinapaliwanagan namin sila na hindi yun totoo,, (We are explaining to them that it wasn’t true),” Limpingco-Marcos said in an interview over GMA News.
Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino Jr. went on air to deny the dam was collapsing. the release is at a much lower rate.
“Nagpapakawala tayo ng tubig pero kaunti na lang po (We are still releasing water but the volume is much smaller),” he said.
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