MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government said the city’s drainage system “could not handle” Saturday afternoon’s downpour, which exceeded the one-hour rainfall recorded during Typhoon Ondoy in 2009, leaving many areas submerged. READ: Lacson details corruption schemes in flood control works In a statement issued Saturday night, the local government reported that 36 of the city’s 142 barangays—particularly in Districts 1, 3, and 4—were affected by the heavy rains. “Hindi kinaya ng drainage system ng lungsod ang napakaraming tubig-ulan sa napakaikling oras kaya nagresulta ito ng malalang pagbaha, maging sa ilang lugar na hindi karaniwang binabaha,” it said. (The […]... Keep on reading: Quezon City drainage overwhelmed as downpour surpasses Ondoy record