By Erma Edera The garbage you throw away will eventually return to you. Heaps of trash from Manila Bay were washed ashore along Roxas Boulevard after tropical depression and Typhoon Karding enhanced the southwest monsoon causing heavy rains and flooding in Manila, Saturday morning. In a rare event, due to heavy torrential rains caused by the southwest monsoon or habagat, waters from the Manila bay reached the stretch of Roxas blvd. in Manila causing heavy floods, scattered garbage and halting traffic yesterday. Tropical storm Karding and a tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) heavily affected the habagat. (ALVIN KASIBAN/MANILA BULLETIN) Plastic, rubber, and styrofoam with deadwood and other rubbish were seen along Roxas Boulevard causing heavy traffic in the area. Bambi Purisima, Manila Public Information Officer, said Manila Department of Public Services (DPS) and allied forces have already responded to clean the garbage in the area. “We have assigned many personnel for our continuous cleanup in the city, especially in the Manila Bay area, which usually experiences heavy flooding, headed by our DPS chief Belle Borromeo,” Purisima told the Manila Bulletin. According to Ermita Police PO3 Allan De Leon, Roxas Boulevard fronting baywalk was flooded on both lanes and not passable for light vehicles due to storm surge at 9:20 a.m. The stretch of Roxas Boulevard to Vito Cruz and Pedro Gil corner Roxas Boulevard were already flooded as water in the Pasig River overflows. In an advisory, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada declared suspension of classes in all levels, both in private and public, effective 10 a.m. on August 11. At 12 noon, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) issued an orange rainfall warning over Metro Manila and Rizal which means flooding is a possibility. ‘Sea of trash’ According to Tim de Asis’ Facebook post, he was wondering why there is heavy traffic when he passed by Roxas Boulevard on Saturday morning. The video was taken on the Southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard where the ‘sea of trash’ was actually already knee-deep and the waves were tossing from strong winds despite the fact that it wasn’t even raining when the video was taken. Meanwhile, he also noticed the two trucks filled with Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) workers that he wasn’t able to catch in his video, but who were at the scene ready to serve and work in a knee-deep sea of trash. “We see you and we thank you,” Asis said.