Marikina River water level goes down, but number of evacuees rises

Even as the water level at the Marikina River has started to go down, evacuation centers in Marikina City continued to swell with families forced out of their residences due to incessant rain.

The Marikina Public Information Office, on its official Twitter account, said that as of 10:08 a.m. Monday, water level at the river has gone down to 15.2 meters.

 

Earlier in the day, water level at the river went past 16 meters, prompting local authorities to sound an Alarm Level 2.

 

Shortly before 5 a.m., however, the city alarm went down to Alarm Level 1 after the river level went under the 16-meter mark. By 7 a.m., water level was at 15.6 meters.

 

Meanwhile, the number of families that have been evacuated has gone up to 432 or around 2,358 individuals, according to local autborities.

 

The Marikina City PIO said the areas where families were evacuated included:

 

 

Marikina City Authorities observe the following rules in sounding out alarms:

 

 

Water level at the Marikina River is measured through a stream gauge located under the Marikina Bridge. — RSJ, GMA News