(Photo courtesy of Makati police)
MANILA, Philippines — Authorities offered assistance to a flooded elementary school in Makati City on Wednesday morning, according to the city police.
In a report, Makati police said its District Community Affairs Development Division personnel received a text message from one of the staff of Maximo Elementary School in Carmona asking for help around 5:45 a.m.
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As seen from the videos and photos from the police, school supplies, chairs, and tables, among other things, were submerged in flood due to heavy rains brought by typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon.
(Photo courtesy of Makati police)
The Makati police said its team initiated assistance by removing waste around the school to avoid clogging the flood drainage.
They also transferred school supplies consisting of more or less 5,000 textbooks, shoes, emergency kits, school uniforms, bags, and electronic gadgets like television monitors from lower floors to upper floors.
(Photo courtesy of Makati police)
Police personnel who conducted the operation were joined by school maintenance workers and teachers.
Based on the state weather bureau’s 11 a.m. bulletin, Typhoon Carina was last spotted some 345 kilometers north-northeast of Itbayat, Batanes, moving north-northwest at 15 kilometers per hour (kph), with maximum sustained winds of 165 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 205 kph.
It also enhanced the southwest monsoon or “habagat,” which is expected to bring moderate to intense rainfall in the western part of Luzon from Wednesday to Friday.
(Photo courtesy of Makati police)
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