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NIA eyeing another 'stopper' in Bulo dam after Karding floods in Bulacan

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Residents navigate waist-deep water along Tecson Street in Barangay San Vicente, San Miguel, Bulacan on September 26, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News. " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/09/26/20220926-karding-san-miguel-md-1-s.jpg"/><figcaption>Residents navigate waist-deep water along Tecson Street in Barangay San Vicente, San Miguel, Bulacan on September 26, 2022. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News. </em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is planning to install another stopper in Bulo Dam in Bulacan following the flooding in San Miguel town during the rampage of Typhoon Karding. </p><p>Bulo Dam, an open dam that has a spilling level of 76 meters, was among those being blamed for the flooding in San Miguel, where <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/27/22/expert-mourns-bulacan-rescuers-who-died-in-karding-ops">5 rescuers died</a> during the onslaught of the storm.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/26/22/pag-apaw-ng-bulo-dam-naging-dahilan-ng-pagbaha-sa-san-miguel-bulacan">Pag-apaw ng Bulo Dam, naging dahilan ng pagbaha sa San Miguel, Bulacan</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Bulo Dam is not actually a big dam kasi ang tingin ng tao ay isang malaking dam siya. It&#x27;s a stopper. &#x27;Yun ang pumipigil sa maraming tubig na nanggagaling sa Sierra Madre,&quot; said NIA Administrator Benny Antiporda.</p><p>&quot;This is a 76 meter ano, or stopper na ang contained nito ay 2.6 million cubic meters of water ang kaya niyang i-contain kaya ito ang nakatulong sa atin pong mga kababayan para mapigilan ang mas malaking tubig na papasok,&quot; he added during a televised briefing. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2259908" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div style="text-align:center"><em><strong>Video from RTVM</strong></em></div><p>Antiporda said they are looking to put the stopper in the dam&#x27;s upstream so that flooding could be prevented in the future. </p><p>&quot;Pinatitingnan na natin yung upstream kung saan puwede tayong mag-create ng another stopper so we can contain more water and to see to it that the same incident will not happen again in the future,&quot; he said. </p><p>The NIA had advised spilling operations in Magat dam due to heavy rains caused by the typhoon. Ipo dam also released water.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/25/22/ipo-dam-to-release-water-sunday-night-due-to-karding-rains">Ipo Dam to release water Sunday night due to Karding rains: PAGASA</a></li></ul><p>Karding, which swept through central and southern Luzon on Sunday, killed at least 10 people and left an estimated P1.28 billion in agricultural damage, official agencies said. </p>

Bulo Dam, an open dam that has a spilling level of 76 meters, was among those being blamed for the flooding in San Miguel, where 5 rescuers died during the onslaught of the storm.