By Ferdinand Patinio

CHECKING ON EVACUEES. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno checks on his constituents at Antonio Regidor Elementary School in District 3, which was temporarily turned into an evacuation center for residents affected by heavy monsoon rains on Tuesday (July 22, 2025). It currently houses 168 families or 609 individuals. (Photo courtesy of Manila Public Information Office)

MANILA – The city government of Manila has rescued over 800 families composed of nearly 3,000 individuals affected by inclement weather caused by the southwest monsoon or “habagat”.

In a social media post on Tuesday, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno said based on the data from the Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW), a total of 842 families or 2,889 individuals are in 22 evacuation sites in the city as of 10 a.m.

Of the number, the majority were inside the Atienza Elementary Schools in Baseco Compound in Tondo, composed of 148 families or 641 individuals.

The other evacuees are in the following sites:

District 1: Delpan Sports Complex (9 families or 44 individuals); Vitas Building 18 covered court (29 families, 86 individuals); Barangay 105 covered court (12 families, 57 individuals).

District 2: Brgy. 199 multi-purpose hall (12 families, 57 individuals); Melchora Aquino Elementary School (14 families, 54 individuals); Gen. Gregorio del Pilar Elementary School (4 families, 15 individuals); Brgy. 204 – Barangay Hall (6 families, 15 individuals).

District 3: Regidor Elementary School (168 families, 609 individuals); Brgy. 326 – Barangay Hall (8 families, 23 individuals); Brgy. 296 – Barangay Hall (65 families, 169 individuals); Solex 1 (83 families, 249 individuals); T. Alonzo High School (20 families, 46 individuals); and Brgy. 332 – Brgy. Hall (6 families, 15 individuals).

Districts 4 and 5: Barangay 456 Daycare Center (8 families, 29 individuals), Trinidad Tecson Elementary School (8 families, 29 individuals); and District Welfare Office 5 (20 families, 56 individuals), Barangay 661 Daycare Center (14 families, 41 individuals), respectively.

District 6: Brgy. 598 – Likha Multipurpose Center/Damka (23 families, 80 individuals); Don Bosco High School – V. Mapa (68 families, 205 individuals); and Brgy. 602 – Barangay Hall, 2nd floor (25 families, 35 individuals); Barangay 607 – Barangay Hall, 3rd floor (10 families, 36 individuals). (PNA)