00:00 Some people were evacuated due to the flow of Marikina River.
00:04 The situation there was raised to the second alarm earlier.
00:08 Jonathan Andas is live in the news.
00:11 Jonathan.
00:12 Emil, it's still a bit cold and windy here in Marikina.
00:18 The rain has been pouring all day.
00:20 As of now, there are 170 evacuees here in Marikina.
00:29 The flow of Marikina River reached this vehicle earlier this morning.
00:34 That's why it was pushed up the road.
00:37 The explosion of the light made the river wider.
00:41 That's why the river park was not seen.
00:43 And the statue of Marikina sank.
00:46 At 11 in the morning...
00:48 The siren was sounded, due to the second alarm.
00:58 The water level is now 16 meters.
01:00 It means that it's a pre-emptive evacuation.
01:03 The whole family of Rosy immediately evacuated.
01:05 Even if it's a small rain, we were already on the second alarm.
01:09 Because when it was really heavy, we were almost out of the house.
01:13 But even though the Marikina River rose,
01:16 no one was affected in the houses in Marikina.
01:19 They are thankful for the slope protection and continuous dredging
01:22 that made the river deeper and wider than in 2020.
01:27 That's the year when almost the whole Marikina River sank due to the Ulysses.
01:31 That's the only challenge here.
01:33 Dredging cannot be done only in Marikina.
01:36 The entire river system of Pasig should be dredged,
01:39 up to Manila Bay.
01:40 If the Bay Area is silted, the water will keep coming back.
01:44 But the problem now is that the bad weather has come at the same time.
01:48 The rising of the river and the national crisis that will happen here starting on Monday.
01:53 25,000 of these delegates are tied up in schools.
01:58 Three of them were previously used as evacuation centers.
02:01 That's why the City Hall of Alternativo was opened,
02:03 like the gym and the church.
02:05 The delegates are safe because they are not being flooded by the flood.
02:09 They were also instructed by the city's protocols,
02:11 especially regarding flooding and the alarm system.
02:14 We are worried, but we are ready for what will happen.
02:20 Because we already know everything.
02:22 And the children also know.
02:23 We were nervous yesterday because the rain was heavy.
02:27 We were not panicking because our performance might be affected.
02:34 We have prepared everything.
02:36 All systems go.
02:37 We may have contingency measures to be done,
02:44 like rescheduling of individual sports activities or sports events
02:53 if the rain is really heavy.
02:56 The water level is going down in Marikina River.
03:03 First alarm, 15.4 meters now,
03:06 unlike earlier when it reached 16 meters.
03:09 But the LGU's order is to remain alert
03:11 because the water level in Marikina River may still rise
03:14 if it rains heavily in the surrounding mountains.
03:18 Emil.
03:18 Thank you very much, Jonathan Andal.
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