Drainage capacity, overpopulation blamed for Metro Manila flooding
Residents from Bulelak Street in Malanday, Marikina City carry their pets, children, and belongings as they evacuate after the Marikina River breached the third alarm due to #CarinaPH and the southwest monsoon on July 24, 2024.
STAR / Walter Bollozos
MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila’s overpopulation and the overcapacity of its urban drainage systems are to blame for the perennial flooding problem in the National Capital Reg
