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00:00The Marikina River rose to a critical level yesterday because of the constant rain.
00:05So now, this is the first alarm.
00:07How is the situation there from Marikina Mayor Marcelino Chedoro? Good morning, Mayor.
00:13Good morning to all of us who are watching and listening.
00:17Mayor, how is the situation there in Marikina?
00:20Is there still rain and flooding?
00:21In the places where yesterday, the flooding was really severe.
00:26Now, we have the first alarm at 15.5 meters when the rain stopped.
00:33We recorded the highest number of evacuees at 30,000 more or less.
00:45We are now at 5,800 families.
00:50How was the rescue operations, Mayor?
00:53Did you have a hard time? Did you go there? Did you get all the necessary assistance yesterday?
00:58Some were left at home.
01:02Earlier this morning, when we were able to access those houses because the water level dropped,
01:07we were able to rescue them from their homes.
01:13I just verified this morning that there was a reported casualty.
01:21For verification now, in one of our barangays, in Barangay Tumana.
01:27But it was not in the house, but outside their house.
01:33As evacuees, were you also surprised because you did not expect that the rain would be that severe?
01:46And because of that, even those who should not be evacuated, were evacuated.
01:50The evacuation that was done by others was preemptive.
01:53The others were forced or mandatory evacuation.
01:5730,128.
01:59This is almost like when there was a flood here in Marikina.
02:04We were surprised because we did not expect such a strong rain and a lot of water.
02:13In a long period of time, it rained for 6 hours.
02:18Now, we are experiencing more than 8 hours of continuous rain.
02:24That is why these data should be studied.
02:27And the forecasting is very important.
02:30The LGU's guidance on expectations, data analytics,
02:36so that there is no surprise and it can be prepared.
02:41Our biggest challenge now, Susan, is the healthcare management for our evacuees.
02:50Earlier, I ordered doxycycline for people with leptospirosis.
02:55Because the city is preparing for 20,000 individuals.
03:02Now, we calculated 30,000 in the evacuation centers.
03:08The people who evacuated to other places are right.
03:12Those who evacuated to their friends and acquaintances.
03:19That is why the magnitude of this is very high.
03:25We can only say that Filipinos are resilient.
03:29This is a whole-of-society approach.
03:34Mayor, there are barges that are being monitored up to Manalo Bridge.
03:38Where are those barges from, Mayor?
03:41There is a dredging that is being done in Marikina River and in Pasig.
03:47It is in our boundary.
03:50These are the barges that are being monitored.
03:53I saw the other equipment.
03:55The first barge that was monitored passed through Manalo Bridge.
04:02We were happy about that.
04:04But the next time, there were so many barges and equipment.
04:10This is from the dredging that is being done.
04:14Because of the sudden, it was not secured.
04:16And it was not expected that the barges would be that strong.
04:20Because these are very heavy.
04:22It cannot be handled.
04:26Anyway, Mayor, if you compare the experience of the barges and the recent one,
04:32can you see the difference?
04:35If there is a difference, where were you more surprised by the extent of the barges?
04:43First, the barges happened at night.
04:46The dark barges happened during the day.
04:51It's a good thing that this happened because the people were able to escape safely.
04:57They were able to escape safely.
05:00That's why the data is very important.
05:03The forecasting is very important.
05:05Especially us, we are a downstream community.
05:08In the morning, it was not raining in Marikina.
05:11But we were able to record the rain in the upstream area,
05:16in the upper Antipolo area, in the Marikina River Basin,
05:19at the top of the hill.
05:21We saw that it was raining heavily.
05:23Then we computed what time the travel time would arrive here in Marikina.
05:28We thought that it was okay.
05:30We were done there.
05:32After that, the weather pattern,
05:35it was raining heavily here in Marikina, in the downstream.
05:39We computed how it would go down in our outfall area,
05:43going to Laguna de Bay and Manila Bay.
05:45So it's systemic.
05:47We should think of it as systemic, not just in one place.
05:50If this is a river system,
05:53then in the outfall area,
05:56if there is an outflow,
05:58how fast it is.
06:00This is technical.
06:01There should be a technical assessment also.
06:07So that we can prepare the communities on when to evacuate.
06:11More than anything,
06:13we should prepare for the return of our countrymen.
06:18Many of us were stranded.
06:21We were paid on a daily basis.
06:28Yes.
06:29They couldn't get in.
06:31In the morning, they left the house
06:34because they didn't want to lose their jobs
06:37because their income is important.
06:39But when they returned in the afternoon,
06:41their house was flooded.
06:43Many of their children were left in the house
06:46and couldn't get out of the house.
06:51These are the ones we rescued yesterday.
06:54Even this, we can see.
06:58Even the employment,
06:59even the needs at the level of the family,
07:02individual needs,
07:03should also be studied.
07:05We also plotted
07:08the first affected families
07:10and their economic profile.
07:14Mayor, we will hear more news.
07:16Thank you very much.
07:17Take care.
07:19Marikina Mayor Marcelino Chedoro,
07:21good morning to you.
07:22Thank you.
07:23Good morning.
07:24Long live.
07:38Music.