{"id":274392,"date":"2020-11-07T04:29:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T09:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=274392"},"modified":"2020-11-07T04:29:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T09:29:13","slug":"ambuklao-dam-unlikely-to-resume-spilling-ops-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/07\/ambuklao-dam-unlikely-to-resume-spilling-ops-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambuklao Dam unlikely to resume spilling ops soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_274393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274393\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ambuklao_Dam_captured_by_Mitchell_Yumul.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-274393\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ambuklao_Dam_captured_by_Mitchell_Yumul.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ambuklao_Dam_captured_by_Mitchell_Yumul.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ambuklao_Dam_captured_by_Mitchell_Yumul-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ambuklao_Dam_captured_by_Mitchell_Yumul-768x513.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-274393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: The Ambuklao Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant in Bokod, Benguet. (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=44947608\">Photo by Watersanitationandsupply &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Ambuklao Dam in Benguet province may not spill or release water again this weekend despite the northeasterly&#8217;s expected surge over the West Philippine Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Rain during the weekend would likely be insufficient to raise Ambuklao&#8217;s water to a level that would merit the resumption of its spilling operations, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) hydrologist Aileen Abelardo said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re expecting slight rainfall only, so Ambuklao&#8217;s gates will likely remain closed,&#8221; Abelardo said.<\/p>\n<p>PAGASA reported Ambuklao Dam&#8217;s 6 a.m. water elevation on Friday at 751.45 meters, or 0.55 meters below the spilling or normal high water level.<\/p>\n<p>Ambuklao closed its gate at 11:30 a.m. last Thursday to terminate its spilling operation, PAGASA said.<\/p>\n<p>The dam has been spilling water after receiving much rainwater from the successive onslaught of tropical cyclones since October, including Super Typhoon Rolly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Benguet may experience isolated light rains only due to the northeasterly,&#8221; PAGASA weather forecaster Ana Clauren said, adding that cloudy conditions are likely early next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Ambuklao Dam in Benguet province may not spill or release water again this weekend despite the northeasterly&#8217;s expected surge &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":274393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-catherine-teves","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274394,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274392\/revisions\/274394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}