CITY OF MALOLOS—Calumpit, Balagtas and Paombong towns and the City of Meycauayan are now under state of calamity due to up to 6 ft. flood waters brought by southwest monsoon rains, typhoons Dante and Emong and high tide.
Commodity price freeze in Meycauayan
Through a special session made by the city council on Wednesday afternoon, the city government of Meycauayan placed the entire city under state of calamity through City Resolution No. 2025-048, Series of 2025.
The state of calamity resolution will allow the immediate release of funds for the relief and other assistance needs of the residents and the required rehabilitation in the city. The resolution also orders price freeze of basic necessities effective within 60 days.
Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRRMO) chief Manuel Lukban Jr., said many from the 26 barangays in the city—Bagbaguin, Bahay Pare, Bancal, Banga, Bayugo, Caingin, Calvario, Camalig, Hulo, Iba, Langka, Lawa, Libtong, Liputan, Longos, Malhacan, Pajo, Pandayan, Pantok, Perez, Poblacion, Saluysoy, Saint Francis, Tugatog, Ubihan, and Zamora are under 1-4 ft flood waters because of the rains and high tide.
Paombong
Mayor Mac Marcos also declared on Wednesday the town of Paombong under state of calamity through Resolution No. 2025-07-13.
Lukban said Binakod, Kapitangan, Malumot, Masukol, Pinalagdan, Poblacion, San Isidro 1st, San Isidro 2nd, San Jose, San Roque, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santo Niño, and Santo Rosario are .5-4 ft flood waters.
Calumpit
Mayor Lem Faustino through Municipal Board Resolution No. 85-2025 on Tuesday declared Calumpit under state of calamity as up to 6 ft. flood waters have affected all the 29 villages—Balite, Balungao, Buguion, Bulusan, Calizon, Calumpang, Caniogan, Corazon, Frances, Gatbuca, Gugo, Iba Este, Iba O’ Este, Longos, Meysulao, Meyto, Palimbang, Panducot, Pio Cruzcosa, Poblacion, Pungo, San Jose, San Marcos, San Miguel, Santa Lucia, Santo Niño, Sapang Bayan, Sergio Bayan, and Sucol.
Sitio Nabong in Barangay Meysulao which flood water has become stagnant all year round has been in 6ft. flood waters, municipal disaster risk reduction management office (MDRRMO) chief Enriquito Santiago Jr. told NEWSCORE Bulacan.
Barangays Bulusan, Gatbuca, Gugo, San Jose, San Miguel, Sapang Bayan and Sta. Lucia are in 4 ft. flood waters.
Barangays Balungao, Calizon, Caniogan, Frances, Longos, Panducot and Meyto are in 3-3.5 ft. flood waters.
Affected by floods based on the report of MDRRMO are 131,832 individuals from 40,501 families in all the 29 barabgays, of which 1,188 individuals or 317 families are now in 9 evacuation centers.
The town’s agriculture sector has also recorded a P3.8 million damages in 19 hectares of rice crop and farms.
“Under the state of calamity, we can hasten the allotment of funds for the relief operations and rehabilitations and financial assistance to those who badly need the help,” the mayor said.
Santiago told NEWSCORE Bulacan however that the worst is yet to come as backflooding from Pampanga and Nueva Ecija that would cascade to Manila Bay has yet to reach the town.
“Backflooding of waters from Pampanga and Nueva Ecija has yet to arrive. The weather now is still rainy and cloudy. These backflooding affects Calumpit when it is already dry and sunmy and flood-free for the rest of the flooded areas in the province and in the region. But for our town, it is only where the worst of the flooding will come,” he said on Wednesday.
Faustino joined by Vice Mayor Zar Candelaria and the municipal councilors distributed relief packs on Wednesday in the hardest flood-hit areas in the town.
Faustino on Wednesday also tasked barangay officials to use and disburse their respective calamity funds to provide the needed relief goods of the flood victims. “Mga barangay, inaatasang kagyat, maayos at malijis na gamitin ang mha local community funds para sa pagbibigay ng ayuda at serbisyo sa mga Calumpitenos,” the mayor said in a memorandum.
Damages to roads in Barangay Gugo and Meysulao were also recorded and that Sitio Nabong in Barangay Meysulao are not passable to all types of vehicles due to high tide and stangnant waters.
Balagtas
Mayor Adrian J. Santiago also declared Tuesday Balagtas town under state of calamity through Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 012 Series of 2025.
Balagtas with 1-4 ft flood water according to Lukban has 50,154 residents affected of flood outside evacuation centers in all its 9 barangays in Borol 1st, Borol 2nd, Dalig, Longos, Panginay, Pulong Gubat, San Juan, Santol, and Wawa (Poblacion) and 1,132 individuals in ate least 10 evavuation centers.
MacArthur highway from Balagtas going to Bocaue are not passable due to knee-deep flood water on Tuesday afternoon. Also not passable are Balagtas to Bulakan town along Bantayan St., Balagtas to Tuktukan in Guiguinto town and Borol 1st road in Balagtas town.
Lukban also reported of infrastructure damages, soil erosion, swelling rivers and leaning of Meralco posts and roads that are not passable in Calumpit, Paombong, Norzgaraay, Angat, Sta. Maria, Marilao and Dona Remedios Trinidad (DRT) towns and in City of Meycauayan.
Hight tide level as of Thursday morning is at 1.46 meters or 4.79 ft, according to PDRRMO.
