Flood control measures need to be reviewed, Marcos says

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday he is open to a review of flood control projects after Metro Manila and other parts of the country suffered heavy flooding caused by torrential rains brought by Typhoon «Carina.»

Speaking to reporters after inspecting storm-hit areas in Valenzuela and Navotas, Marcos said that although rains from «Carina» were not as bad as Typhoon «Ondoy,» which ravaged the country in 2009, «the effect was greater than Ondoy.»

«We have plenty of flood control projects but the amount of water overpowered them. So we have to reexamine some of the designs of our flood control,» Marcos said.

The President said that Navotas, which was still 80 percent submerged, has 81 pumping stations while Valenzuela, which he described as a «basin,» has 32.

He also pointed out the effects of climate change.

«We have more flood control infrastructure than before. But… this is what the effects of climate change are,» he said.

Marcos appealed to the public to dispose of their trash properly, admitting that the government's flood control infrastructure did not work as intended due to the garbage that blocked them.

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