00:00Residents of Marikina were the ones who had to rescue the victim after her boat capsized.
00:06To this day, residents are still having a hard time cleaning up the wreckage.
00:11Maki Polido was live at the scene.
00:13Maki?
00:17Atom, last night, the water level reached 20 meters here in Marikina River.
00:23Now, it's slightly below 15 meters.
00:26It's still high.
00:27But because the water level is going down, some residents have already started cleaning their houses.
00:42Rescue!
00:44Rescue!
00:46In the aftermath of the storm last night, the rescue mission in Marikina was about to return to the tragedy.
00:52At the end of August, the water level reached the boundary of Barangay San Tonino and Malanday.
00:57The rescue boat capsized, including eight rescuers and six people who were rescued.
01:02When we were about to leave the scene, we had a hard time because the current of the water suddenly increased.
01:09We jumped off the bridge.
01:11Eventually, the water entered and we capsized.
01:16That's why the people who were rescued had to be rescued again, even though it was already dangerous.
01:21We were immediately chased when we were rescued in August.
01:23We were the first to be rescued.
01:25We were the first to be rescued.
01:29They were recognized and thanked by City Hall earlier.
01:32We have been googling the training for several months for them to do this.
01:39The interoperability of each group is very important.
01:44Lower, lower, lower.
01:46In the midst of the heavy flooding, Likas became a pregnant woman who has a heart condition and needs a ventilator.
01:52The pregnant woman is now confined in Amang Rodriguez Hospital.
01:55Many of the residents started to clean their houses.
02:00There was no food and no sleep, but Melda continued to clean the house.
02:05In fact, it's easier to evacuate than to return to normal life.
02:09It's very hard.
02:11We have to wash our clothes, food, and laundry.
02:18It's easier to evacuate than to return to normal life.
02:23It takes a week or two to return to normal life.
02:27We evacuated for hours.
02:33While the cleaning is not yet finished, there is no income.
02:36Her son's salary is one day that he hasn't been able to get a job,
02:40while Melda hasn't been able to return to her normal life.
02:44I'm cleaning and there's no electricity.
02:47The machine is still flooding.
02:49Her neighbor, Dayan, has a very dirty and dirty washing machine outside the house.
02:55Due to the simultaneous use of water, the water pressure has also decreased.
02:59Even though Julie only uses a dustpan, the water does not stop flowing inside their house.
03:05We don't have anything to do. We don't have anything to do.
03:08Like the super typhoon Ondoy in 2009 and typhoon Ulysses in 2020,
03:14Putik again flooded the Provident Village in Marikina, not only their houses but also their businesses.
03:20But in Barangay Tumanad, Omar's store was flooded because 50 percent of the flooded grocery items were being sold.
03:28It's still flooded, ma'am.
03:30At least there's something.
03:32Even if it's small, I can return it. It's okay.
03:35The City Hall has been sweeping the garbage for the whole day to avoid diseases.
03:39While their houses are still not being cleaned,
03:42many people are still visiting the evacuation centers that were given aid by the DSWD.
03:48The help from the national government and private individuals is important,
03:51especially the funds from the local government.
03:54It's really urgent because the quick response of Marikina is less than P30 million.
04:02And this will be used for medicine, food, and rehabilitation.
04:06That's why Marikina's LGU was able to reach out to the national government.
04:17So there are still places here in Marikina that still don't have electricity.
04:21What Meralco said is that the supply return is not easy.
04:25Customers and residents still need to check the electrical wires to avoid accidents.
04:33Tom?
04:35Thank you very much, Mackie Pulido.
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