Marcos blames climate change, poor trash disposal for severe Metro Manila floods

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pins the blame on climate change and improper trash disposal after he inspects severely flooded areas in Metro Manila.

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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. pins the blame on climate change and improper trash disposal
00:06after he inspects severely flooded areas in Metro Manila.
00:10The amount of water was not as bad as Undoy, but the effect was greater than Undoy.
00:16We have more flood control now than before.
00:19This is what the effects of climate change are.
00:22I hope people will learn not to throw trash.
00:26Because it is the trash that pollutes our pumps.
00:30In a State of the Nation address on July 22, Marcos touted the completion of 5,500 flood control projects.
00:37A situation report by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council says
00:42the bad weather caused 13 landslides, forced the evacuation of over 600,000 individuals,
00:48and killed at least 14 people across the country.
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