State of calamity up in flood-hit Bulacan

CITY OF MALOLOS—The Bulacan provincial board on Thursday placed the province under a state of calamity due to massive floods following weeks of relentless rains brought by the monsoon season. The local governments of the coastal towns of Calumpit, Hagonoy and Bulakan, which were swamped by as high as 1.82 meters (6 feet) of floodwaters,