00:00In the evacuation center, while some residents are still being held in Marikina,
00:05some are desperate to earn somehow even if they are in the evacuation center.
00:10EJ Gomez brought the news.
00:14At 4 o'clock in the early morning, Angelica's son, Sam Nabuangulang, woke up.
00:20The baby can't sleep because he is being tortured in the corner of the school
00:24with other evacuees in H. Bautista Elementary School.
00:28This is what their scene is like every time there is a storm.
00:31That's why they are rushing to the evacuation center to get a seat in the classroom.
00:37It is said that it is cold in the tent capsule that is being built in the open grounds.
00:41I am not comfortable doing it. It is scary.
00:46It is just repeated.
00:48He is a housewife. That's why he can't sleep right away.
00:53The water level in Marikina River reached the second alarm in the rain yesterday.
00:58The water flowed from the river and did not pass the road in River Park.
01:02According to Marikina City RRMO, more than 13,000 residents were evacuated
01:08from flood or danger zones yesterday.
01:11Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Chodoro visited some schools that were made evacuation centers,
01:16including H. Bautista Elementary School.
01:20The local government distributed food and other aid to the evacuees.
01:24They are well taken care of because we have available kitchen
01:30that provides food to the evacuees.
01:33Second, we have available medicine, doctor, and nurse that will take care of the evacuees.
01:42There are some who risked their lives to earn money despite the storm.
01:47Like Nanay Juliet who sells coffee for the evacuees.
01:51I don't have a livelihood.
01:55I don't have a husband. My children are also poor.
02:04H. Bautista Elementary School was the most evacuated because it is the closest school
02:11in Barangay Tumana that experiences heavy flooding whenever there is a storm.
02:15EJ Gomez is reporting for GMA Integrated News.
02:45EJ Gomez
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