Two rescue teams from the police and military scoured the downstream sections of the Pampanga River in San Simon town on Sunday to retrieve the body of Noel Tuazon, who drowned on Saturday afternoon, at the height of tropical depression Ferdie.
Tropical Depression “Ferdie”, which on Saturday battered Northern Luzon provinces with heavy rain, merged with a low pressure area before swirling out of the Philippine area of responsibility.
All floodgates at the Manggahan Floodway System were opened Saturday afternoon to prevent the further swelling of the Marikina River, a Metropolitan Manila Metrobase-Flood Control Unit official said.
Demonstrators for or against President Benigno Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address on Monday are advised to bring umbrellas.
