Rescuers pull a rubber boat carrying residents through a flooded street after Typhoon Vamco hit in Marikina City, suburban Manila on November 12, 2020. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines — Parts of Marikina were submerged in water, prompting full-scale rescue operations of stranded residents in the wake of Typhoon Ulysses which battered the country on Thursday.
Videos taken in Marikina show residents on boats after they were rescued from their homes, which were affected by the flooding.
Provident Subdivision in Marikina City was also not spared by the flooding.
In an earlier radio interview, Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said roughly 40,000 homes had been either fully or partially submerged in the city, even calling the situation “overwhelming”.
As of 6:45 p.m., the Marikina River water level was at 18.9 meters.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal has been lifted in Metro Manila-based on the weather bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
The state weather bureau said as of 4 p.m., Ulysses was located 200 kilometers west of Iba in Zambales. It has maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (km/h) near the center and gustiness of up to 150 km/h.
Pagasa said Ulysses is moving westward at 25 kph and is seen to exit PAR on Friday morning. [ac]