The Marikina City government has stepped up its declogging operations in preparation for the possible floods to be brought by Typhoon Chedeng, GMA News TV’s "Balitanghali" reported Wednesday.
In his report, GMA News' John Consulta said that aside from holding declogging operations round-the-clock, Marikina has also prepared emergency equipment that includes 20-seat rubber boats. Search and rescue teams have also prepared emergency lights and generators, in case of power failure, the same television report said. In an earlier report on GMA News TV’s "News to Go," Consulta also demonstrated the functions of emergency equipment such as chainsaws, motors, and rubber boats. [View video below]
The Alliance of Seven Cities and Municipalities – which includes Marikina City, Pasig City, Quezon City, and other localities in the province of Rizal – also inspected the Marikina River for obstructions that could cause flooding in the area. [See:
7 LGUs set Marikina River inspection as 'Chedeng' nears] Marikina City, which was among the hardest hit by Tropical Storm Ondoy on Sept. 26, 2009, has since implemented measures to prevent a similar disaster. [See:
Marikina recalls Ondoy, acts to prevent another big one] At the time, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services said the rainfall brought by Ondoy to Metro Manila and nearby areas in a span of six hours was the
most in recorded history, surpassing the previous record for the metropolis in 1967. PAGASA said the total rainfall from Ondoy in the first six hours of the storm, which measured 341 millimeters, broke the record for the highest 24-hour rainfall of 334 millimeters in metropolitan Manila recorded in June 1967.
— Aya Yuson/Paterno Esmaquel/RSJ, GMA News 
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