Drivers were stranded after a river burst its banks following a rainstorm and submerged a bridge.<br /><br />Resident Glenn Mendoza was travelling to work when he was held up by the incident at the Macaiban Bridge in Bulacan province on June 25. <br /><br />The area was affected after heavy rainstorms the previous evening.<br /><br />He said: "A lot of us, students and employees, were already running late so some people tried to just cross the bridge even with the water.<br /><br />''It is dangerous to do that but some people had no choice as it's the only bridge that connects us to the next town.<br /><br />''Others just waited for the water to subside but it took a few hours.''<br /><br />The flooding was the result of an overnight heavy downpour that affected the Metropolitan Manila and neighbouring areas.
