La Mesa Dam water rises near spilling level

Water at the La Mesa Dam rose near its spilling level Sunday morning as Typhoon Karen was battering much of Luzon.

GMA News' Allan Gatus reported that water level in the dam rose to 79.34 meters above sea level at about 8 a.m., noting that the spilling level is at 80.15 meters. 

JUST IN: Lebel ng tubig sa La Mesa Dam, nasa 79.34 m na, as of 8 am; 80.15 m ang spilling level. | via @allangatus pic.twitter.com/AsK361f7Df

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The La Mesa Dam is an "earth dam" that is part of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa water system that supplies most of the water in Metro Manila.

The areas usually affected when La Mesa Dam overflows are the cities of Quezon, Malabon and Valenzuela as well as the 15-kilometer long Tullahan River that starts at the La Mesa reservoir, runs through Malabon and Valenzuela, and empties into Manila Bay. —LBG, GMA News