Hundreds of families near Marikina River evacuated

A Filipino baby sleeps at an evacuation center at Marikina, east of Manila, Philippines, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Heavy rains forced some classes to be suspended as hundreds of residents living in low-lying areas evacuated their homes due to high floods and rising of dam levels. AP FILE PHOTO/AARON FAVILA

MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of families living near the Marikina River were evacuated Tuesday in various schools and gyms in the city after local authorities raised the fourth alarm.

In a statement posted on the Ateneo De Manila facebook website and in a tweet posted on the INQUIRER.net weather live tweets, the following were listed as evacuation centers as of 6:30 a.m.

1. Concepcion Integrated School – 167 families/835 persons

2. Bulelak Gym – 162 families/816 persons

3. H. Bautista Elementary School – 463 families/2,337 persons

4. Malanday Elementary School – 401 families/2,285 persons

5. Concepcion Elementary School – 12 families/72 persons

6. Sta. Elena Chapel (Lambak) – 5 families/25 persons

7. Nangka Elementary School – 110 families/576 persons

8. Filipinas Village Gym – 84 families/581 persons

9. Sampaguita Gym- 95 families/491 persons

The data was provided by the Marikina Public Information Office and the Tindig ng Kabataan Rovers, a student organization based in Tanong High School, Markina City.

As of 8 a.m., the water level of Marikina River is at 19 meters, the Marikina PIO said on its twitter account.