Antas ng tubig sa Marikina River, normal pa rin ayon sa DRRMO
Antas ng tubig sa Marikina River, normal pa rin ayon sa DRRMO;
Massive dredging, malaking tulong sa pagpigil ng baha
Massive dredging, malaking tulong sa pagpigil ng baha
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00:00Meanwhile, the Marikina River is close to the first alarm.
00:04Let's get an update from Joshua Garcia live. Joshua?
00:11Yes, Dayan, the majority of the people of Marikina are campante
00:15despite the unceasing rainfall caused by Hurricane Karina
00:20that we are experiencing here in Metro Manila.
00:24Dayan, the story of Domingo and Noel
00:28who have been living near the Marikina River for more than three decades.
00:31The worst thing they have experienced is the earthquake
00:33where all of their properties were submerged.
00:36That's why they are on alert whenever the rain continues.
00:39But they are more alert now.
00:44Now, I am okay.
00:47I know that the rain does not reach up here.
00:50The government is always trying to fix the situation.
00:52They are always trying to fix the situation.
00:56The government is trying to fix the situation
00:59so that the flood can be managed somehow.
01:03The government is trying to fix the situation.
01:08Dayan, according to the Marikina Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office,
01:11the Marikina River is still at a normal level
01:13where it is at 14.2 meters.
01:16It was the highest it reached earlier this afternoon.
01:19Even now, they are still on alert.
01:22The evacuation center and rescue teams are also on standby.
01:27When the water level reached 14 meters,
01:29we were able to open our evacuation centers
01:31as we speak today.
01:32They are already on standby.
01:33They are already prepositioned.
01:35Our BFP and PNP are prepositioned.
01:38Our PNP personnel and BFP personnel
01:41have been moving around since this morning.
01:43They are also part of our monitoring team.
01:45They are also part of the information dissemination
01:47on the status of the Marikina River.
01:51Dayan, a massive dredging year-round project
01:53by the local government of Marikina
01:55is already helping a lot
01:57to reduce the flood level here.
01:58Meanwhile, in Malabon,
01:59the water level reached up to Bewang.
02:01That's why it's hard for motorists
02:03and four-wheeled vehicles to pass through here.
02:05The water level is up to gutter deep
02:07on several roads in Caloocan, Pasay, and Manila.
02:12Dayan, according to this news,
02:15the Memorandum Circular No. 57
02:17from the Office of the President
02:19where all classes have been suspended
02:21since 2 p.m.
02:23including government offices and NCR
02:25due to the effects of the flood earlier.
02:27Aside from the health services,
02:29disaster response, and other departments
02:31that are in need of services
02:33whenever there's a flood.
02:34We also have, Dayan,
02:35even though this village is part of
02:37the Orange Rainfall Warning,
02:39the Marikina River is still at a normal level.
02:41This is the Marikina River.
02:43It's only 14 meters
02:45earlier at 5 p.m.
02:47according to the Marikina LGU.
02:49Even though the PNP and BFP
02:51are working together,
02:53engineers are also working
02:55to check the drainage,
02:57the creeks,
02:59to see if there's an overflowing.
03:01The Philippine Coast Guard
03:03also checked in with the Marikina DRRMO
03:05for augmentation if necessary.
03:07Dayan?
03:10It's good that the Marikina LGU
03:12is doing preparations
03:14just in case the rain spikes.
03:16You mentioned the massive dredging project.
03:18How big of a help
03:20will this be
03:22so that the water won't overflow
03:24in the Marikina River?
03:26Is it possible for the water to overflow
03:28because of this dredging project, Joshua?
03:32Well, according to the Marikina DRRMO,
03:34Dayan, it's possible.
03:36But they say
03:38the 15-30 minutes gap
03:40in the rain
03:42will help a lot.
03:44If the rain stops,
03:46there's a small chance
03:48that the water will overflow.
03:50The dredging will help a lot
03:52because the river is getting deeper
03:54and the capacity of the water
03:56is increasing
03:58so that it won't overflow.
04:00We can also add that
04:02no flood has been reported
04:04in the in-city and low-lying areas
04:07of the Marikina DRRMO.
04:09How is the weather
04:11in the Marikina, Joshua?
04:15For now,
04:17the rain is not that heavy
04:19although it didn't stop earlier.
04:21But it's tolerable
04:23unlike yesterday
04:25when the water was flooding
04:27our equipment.
04:29But for now, it's tolerable
04:31and the weather is okay
04:33even though it rained.
04:35Thank you, Joshua Garcia.