Some Marikina residents who returned to their homes on Wednesday were forced to go back to evacuation centers after rains intensified later in the day.

Some of the residents were reportedly trapped in their homes as flood water rose in the city’s low-lying areas such as Barangay Malanday and Tumana.

Local officials appealed to evacuees not to return to their homes without their go signal. – Umagang Kay Ganda, August 9 2012