00:00The University Belt in Manila has not been able to escape the floods.
00:05Some nearby are waiting for the water to overflow like a beach party.
00:10Live from Espana Boulevard, I'm Rafi Tima.
00:14Rafi.
00:18Atom, we're here in Espana, which has been flooded since this morning.
00:22That's why the commuters who usually come here are just walking.
00:26Here behind me, you can see small barges that are ferrying passengers for a fee.
00:33That's what they've been working on all afternoon because of the floods here in Espana Boulevard.
00:40Earlier, I was able to get a drone of the length of Espana, which has just been flooded again.
00:46That's why the commuters are walking from Quiapo, where there are no vehicles,
00:51towards the direction of Mabuhay Rotonda and Quezon City.
00:55Let's also take a look at Quezon Boulevard, where the roads are partially flooded.
01:00The vehicles are just on the side of Recto Avenue because the entire area around Quiapo has been flooded.
01:06Because of the high water level, the commuters are walking in the middle of Espana.
01:10Some of them have been walking for hours because there are no vehicles.
01:14Others are moving vehicles when they can't anymore.
01:19In Santa Cruz, Manila, this is also the situation.
01:21Almost all streets are flooded.
01:24But in Quericada Street, there's a beach party.
01:27They say it's a great opportunity to have fun while monitoring the flood or not.
01:33This is better than knocking on their houses that are also flooded.
01:38But many of us who passed by earlier were not able to have fun because of the chaos due to the floods.
01:43Here's what some of us talked about.
01:47We were the only ones who were able to walk to the other side.
01:51It's also difficult here in Manila when there's a flood of this magnitude.
01:59It's not like in the province.
02:01It's difficult if it's always like this.
02:03There should be drainage.
02:06We need to throw proper garbage.
02:16Atom, now that there are almost no commuters walking here,
02:19there are still many people walking here in the province of Espana.
02:25But they are looking for food.
02:27Most of the establishments here are closed.
02:30That's why you need to go out of your house and walk in the flood to find food.
02:35That's the latest from Espana.
02:37Atom.
02:39Thank you very much.
02:40Rafi Tima.
02:46Espana.
02:47Thank you.
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