Damaged river wall causes neck-deep flooding in Navotas

Parts of Barangay San Jose in Navotas were submerged in neck-deep flooding yesterday afternoon after a river wall along Celest Street was damaged, causing water to breach during high tide. As of 5:15 p.m., a total of 30 families comprising of 121 people were evacuated to the Navotas Elementary School and San Jose barangay hall.

- By EJ MACABABBAD

Irish Cubillan, Navotas public information office chief, said the river wall located within a shipyard has long been needing repairs.

"It's just that there are six families living there," Cubillan told