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List: Flooded Metro Manila roads and passability status on August 29

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Abi Sarabia M., Philippine Canadian Inquirer
August 30, 2026

MANILA — Heavy and continuous rains brought by the southwest monsoon, or habagat, flooded numerous roads across Metro Manila on Saturday, August 29.

Below are the affected roads and their passability status based on the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s report as of 5:39 p.m.

Valenzuela City

Open to all vehicles

  • MacArthur Highway near Goodyear and Toyota — below-gutter-level flooding
  • MacArthur Highway from T. Santiago Street to G. Lazaro Street — below-gutter level
  • MacArthur Highway near Fatima Hospital — below-gutter level
  • MacArthur Highway–Calle Uno eastbound — gutter-deep water

Closed to light vehicles

  • MacArthur Highway near Pio Valenzuela Street in BBB — knee-deep flooding
  • MacArthur Highway at A. Fernando Road, northbound and southbound — about 19 inches of water

Mandaluyong City

Open to all vehicles

  • Boni Avenue at F. Ortigas Street — gutter- to half-knee-deep flooding

Parañaque City

Open to all vehicles

  • Dr. A. Santos Avenue near Olivarez School — gutter- to half-knee-deep water

Las Piñas City

Closed to light vehicles

  • Zapote Junction in Barangay Zapote — knee-deep flooding
  • Alabang-Zapote Junction in Pulang Lupa — around 19 inches of water

Manila

Open to all vehicles

  • Taft Avenue at Quirino Avenue, northbound — one to two inches of water
  • Roxas Boulevard–P. Ocampo service road, northbound — about eight inches
  • Roxas Boulevard near Pedro Gil, northbound — about eight inches
  • Taft Avenue in front of Philippine General Hospital — about eight inches
  • Taft Avenue near General Malvar Street — about eight inches
  • España Boulevard at Antipolo Street — about six inches
  • España Boulevard at M. Dela Fuente Street — about eight inches
  • Jose Abad Santos Avenue near Solis Street — about eight inches
  • United Nations Avenue at Taft Avenue, both directions — about eight inches
  • Abad Santos Avenue at Tayuman Street — about eight inches
  • Abad Santos Avenue at Antipolo Street — about eight inches
  • Roxas Boulevard from Pedro Gil to Kalaw, northbound — about 10 inches

Closed to light vehicles

  • Rizal Avenue near R. Papa — about 16 inches of water

Malabon City

Open to all vehicles

  • F. Sevilla Boulevard in Bayan — half-gutter- to gutter-deep flooding
  • Governor Pascual Avenue at Sitio 6 — half-gutter-deep water
  • M.H. Del Pilar Street — gutter-deep flooding
  • Don Basilio Bautista Boulevard — gutter-deep flooding
  • Rizal Avenue Extension — about 10 inches
  • Hulong Duhat near the Women’s Club — about eight inches

Quezon City

Open to all vehicles

  • A. Bonifacio–Balintawak Cloverleaf, southbound — about eight inches of water
  • Quezon Avenue near Agham Road, eastbound — about eight inches

Closed to light vehicles

  • E. Rodriguez Avenue near Araneta Avenue, northbound and southbound — about 19 inches
  • Araneta Avenue near Maria Clara Street, southbound — about 13 inches

Closed to all vehicles

  • Araneta Avenue near Talayan, both directions — about 37 inches
  • Araneta Avenue near Maria Clara Street, northbound — about 26 inches
  • G. Araneta Sr. Avenue — waist-deep flooding of about 37 inches

Marikina City

Open to all vehicles

  • SM Marikina–Marcos Highway underloop, westbound — gutter-deep flooding

Pasay City

Open to all vehicles

  • EDSA near Roxas Boulevard, northbound — half-knee-deep water
  • Tramo near Andrews Avenue, southbound — eight to nine inches of water

Motorists should avoid entering flooded roads when the water’s depth is uncertain and monitor updated advisories, as conditions may change with continued rainfall.

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