IF the water level in Angat dam continues to drop, officials may stop releasing water for irrigation and power generation from May 15 onward, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

Officials of the weather bureau are closely monitoring the reservoir, whose water level dropped to an alarming 182.79 meters early morning of Saturday and then went down further to 182.61 meters as of 6 a.m. on Sunday. Its normal level is 212 meters.

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