Hundreds of families left their homes in Bgy. Bambang, Lalakay and other coastal towns in Los Baños with the imminent danger posed by the overflow of the Laguna lake and heavy downpour from Mt. Makiling. More than a thousand families in Laguna province on Saturday morning evacuated because of floods due to tropical storm Ondoy.

Myrna Godio, one of the evacuees, said they did not vacate their homes right away because they did not expect the waters to be that high.

More than 200 families of bgy. Palingon in Calamba City have transferred to Palingon Elementary school.

Other towns and cities that experienced flood are St. Rosa, Paete, Famy, Sta. Maria, Siniloan, Mabitac Pakil, Paete and Sta. Cruz.

Jun Guidote, deputized Civil Defense Coordinator of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council said that the rescue operations have been ongoing with the use of boats in the absence of rubber boats as flood victims have climbed on top of roofs.

Two casualties have already reported. One died because of heart attack while a rescuer in Fami was said to have been carried away by floods.

Motorists along the Southern Luzon Expressway were struck for hours because of floods.

But as of press time, traffic has started to normalize except for the route to Sta. Maria. Relief goods from the local government have been distributed.

In Quezon, Senior Superintendent Elmo Francis Sarona said power was cut in the first district except for Tayabas and Pagbilao, in the 2nd district except for Tiaong, 3rd district except Agdangan and Padre Burgos and in the 4th district excluding Gumaca and Calauag.

In Batangas, a vendor died after a tree fell on him at bgy. Sinsian in the town of Calaca at noon time. Police said the 27-year-old victim Rommel Calim of Lemery was waiting for a ride when the incident happened. He was brought to a hospital but did not survive. The province was already placed under state of calamity due to minor landslides, floods and unpassable roads.

Allan Virtucio, Region IV-A director of the Office of the Civil Defense, said that a few areas in Occidental Mindoro also experienced flooding.

Meanwhile, the Philippine Coast Guard reported that close to 1,000 passengers are stranded in major ports of Southern Tagalog including Lucena, Infanta, Atimonan, Puerto Real in Quezon, Batangas, Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro, San Jose in Occidental Mindoro and Romblon, as of Saturday afternoon.