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PLARIDEL, Bulacan – For decades, flooding has been a way of life for many families in Bulacan’s low-lying communities.
Every rainy season brings the same cycle of anxiety: monitoring rising rivers, moving belongings to safer places and waiting for floodwaters to recede. In towns such as Obando, Hagonoy, Calumpit, and parts of Guiguinto, recurring floods have become a reality that generations of residents have learned to endure.
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But for a growing number of families, repeated flooding has prompted a difficult decision—to leave their longtime communities and start over elsewhere.
