Military deploys transport assets, personnel to help Marikina residents affected by 'habagat'

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 15): Military deploys transport assets, personnel to help Marikina residents affected by 'habagat'

The military's Joint Task Group-National Capital Region has deployed 10 M-35 trucks and 187 personnel to help in the ongoing relief operations for families who were severely affected by rains brought by the southwest monsoon which has been battering the country for the past week.

In its 8:00 a.m. update, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said that this is part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' logistic support efforts.

Aside from these assets, 11 KM-450 light trucks, three Elf trucks, three ambulances, three rigid-hull boats, two fiber glass boats and two pick-up trucks were also deployed in the government's ongoing relief efforts.

As of Sunday, around 2,807 families or 10,561 persons were evacuated from the communities bordering the Marikina River which rose to the 16.3 meter mark due to the heavy monsoon rains.

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