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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesThe World Food Program has started distributing high-energy, vitamin-enriched biscuits to evacuees from flooded communities in Metro Manila and elsewhere in Luzon. Expressing its sympathies to the Philippines following the devastation...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
In posts on its Twitter account, Maynilad said the water from Angat Dam had been "very turbid," and it reduced water production to keep water safe. "(The) water from Angat (is) very turbid. To keep water safe, we had to reduce water production...
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Asian Journal
| 9 months ago
The volume of rainfall that submerged Metro Manila and nearby provinces yesterday surpassed that of Tropical Storm Ondoy, initial reports from the governments Project Noah (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) showed. But though the monsoon...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
Philippines Philippine disaster officials were shifting Friday from rescue work to a massive clean-up of the capital following nonstop rains that left tons of muck and debris from floods littering the city. The torrential monsoon rains that began...
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Zee News
| 9 months ago
About 2,000 people have fallen ill at flood relief centres in the Philippines, an official said Friday. They have complained of infection, fever, skin diseases and diarrhoea, Xinhua quoted Health Secretary Enrique Ona as saying.
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
The death toll from five days of torrential rains and subsequent floods in the Philippines climbed to 60 Friday while weather forecasts predict more rains across the main island of Luzon. Rescue and relief efforts are under way to help hundreds of...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 9 months ago
Residents wade in waist-deep floodwaters in order to get to their submerged shanties in Valenzuela, north of Manila . Photo: Reuters Longer than usual call wait times for Australian telco customers are being blamed on the severe flooding in...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
After a week of continuous heavy downpour which flooded Metro Manila and nearby provinces, the sun finally shone on the Philippines on Thursday. With the sun out and rains halted, flood water began to recede in the national capital region (NCR) and...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
Thunderstorm to affect Manila, Taguig in next 2 hrs August 10, 2012 5:00am Rain fell on parts of Metro Manila before dawn Friday but state weather forecasters said it was a thunderstorm expected to affect only Manila and Taguig Cities. In its...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
Ginagawa natin ang lahat para maibsan ang epekto nito (We ask for understanding. Until the turbidity level goes down, we cannot normalize water supply. We are doing everything to minimize the impact on customers)," she said in an interview on dzBB...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesPresident Benigno Aquino on Thursday sternly warned a drug company that had raised the price of a medicine for leptospirosis by 750 percent in anticipation of an outbreak of the water-borne illness as a result of widespread flooding in...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
33 pm Thursday, August 9th, 2012 Residents hang on to a rope as they pass strong currents along a flooded area in Marikina City on Thursday. Philippines Forty-nine persons were killed from the torrential rains spawned by southwest monsoon in Metro...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesMost local stocks fell sharply on Thursday, bucking the upswing across the region, as the market weighed the impact of the recent Ondoy-like flooding across Metro Manila and parts of Luzon. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index...
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DAWN
| 9 months ago
Men crosses deep floodwaters in San Juan, north of Manila, Philippines. Widespread flooding paralyzed the Philippine capital and many other areas on Wednesday as rescue efforts focused on the large number of distressed residents who are still...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
The rains, after a brief respite, returned with vengeance to savage the Philippine capital of Manila, causing more deadly flooding and other destruction. As of Thursday, flooding, landslides and related incidents blamed on torrential rains of several...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
The DepEd said classes will remain suspended in Caloocan, Marikina, Pasay and Quezon Cities. In a separate post on its Twitter account, Caloocan City said the suspension will cover all levels, in both public and private schools. Marikina City also...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesWater levels at Sto Nino water station or Marikina river went down a bit after a brief respite from incessant rains Thursday morning but was still within the critical 20-meter mark. As of 8:30 a.m., water level from Marikina river was at...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
27 am Thursday, August 9th, 2012 MANILA, Philippines President Benigno Aquino III continued his visits to flood-hit areas in Metro Manila, starting Thursday with a trip to Marikina City. In a televised coverage, Aquino, with his officials, is in...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesThe Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration raised the rainfall warning over parts of Metro Manila to orange alert and renewed warnings of possible flooding and landslides. The warning was raised at...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesThe weather bureau issued a thunderstorm signal warning in Quezon City and nearby areas Thursday morning. In an announcement via Twitter at 5 a.m., the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration (Pagasa)...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
Management Committee has postponed scheduled basketball games on Thursday and Saturday due to heavy rains in a statement issued Tuesday afternoon. Season 88 Management Committee chairman Rev...August 9 and 11 (Thursday and Saturday) be postponed,...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesA top government disaster official made an urgent appeal early Thursday morning to move away from the swollen Marikina River. Please wake up now and move away from the low lying areas along Marikina River including Tumana and Provident,...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
All classes Thursday suspended in NCR, 9 neighboring provinces Malacanang August 8, 2012 8:37pm Malacanang has suspended all classes from preschool to postgraduate courses in the National Capital Region and the provinces of Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga,...
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GMA News
| 9 months ago
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Services Administration) Science Garden was 687 mm. This amount is higher than the 24-hour accumulated rainfall during Sept, 26, 2009 the day when Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana) devastated Metro Manila and other...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
13 pm Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 President Benigno Aquino III. A tragedy had already occurred there and yet it was allowed to happen again...Somebody will have to answer for this, Aquino told reporters in an ambush interview after meeting with...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
Philippines Let's get used to great floods. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Wednesday said that intense rains and massive floods which can submerge 50 percent of Metro Manila will most likely to become a familiar sight to the...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
These were the terms local officials in the Philippines used to describe the situation in Metro Manila in the midst of record-breaking rainfall that has inundated most of the country's capital region, a zone of 12 million people that includes Manila...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesQuezon City has suspended classes in kinder, elementary and high schools, both public and private, for Thursday and Friday. Mayor Herbert M. Bautista made the call due to heavy rains and due to the use of school facilities for evacuation...
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The Hindu
| 9 months ago
AP Two men push their bicycles along a flooded area in Rizal, east of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday. Widespread flooding that killed at least 23 people, battered a million others and paralyzed the Philippine capital briefly eased on Wednesday,...
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Zee News
| 9 months ago
Eleven people were killed and over a million displaced as torrential rains caused flooding in large parts of Manila and nine provinces in northern and central Philippines. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Wednesday...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
EDT The worst floods in three years in the Philippines capital Manila have claimed the lives of 16 people and left more than 270,000 homeless. While nearly half of the capital remains under water, torrential rains are forecast to continue in Manila.
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesThere is currently no rainfall warning signal over Metro Manila, meaning there was only little rain expected over the next few hours, the state weather bureau said Wednesday. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
The rains that deluged Manila appeared to be easing Wednesday, but not before leaving several dead in the already typhoon-crippled Philippine capital. As rescue and emergency workers began cleaning up in the wake of virtually non-stop downpour and...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
PhilippinesWork in several government offices in Metro Manila and nearby provinces were suspended on Wednesday due to the continuous rains which triggered massive flooding. The announcement was made on the Office of the Presidents' official...
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Epoch Times
| 9 months ago
August 7, 2012 Rescuers using rubber boats evacuate residents from their flooded homes in the village of Tumana, Marikina town, in suburban Manila on August 7, 2012, after torrential rains inundated most of the capital. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Despite the absence of a typhoon, monsoon rains which dumped 300 millimetres (12 inches) of rain in the Philippine national capital region (NCR) caused half of Metro Manila to be flooded. The amount is thrice the daily average of 80 to 100 mm of rain,...
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Inquirer.net
| 9 months ago
Of course this is still a new system that we need to disseminate. We need your help to disseminate it to the people, Aquino on Tuesday said of the weather bureau's color-coded warning system for rainfall when asked if he was satisfied. The...
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CNN Blog
| 9 months ago
The recent uptick in tropical activity brings the Western Pacific tropical cyclone season back up to average after a slow start. But several recent flash-flooding events from higher-than-normal seasonal rainfall in southern Japan , as well as North...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Valenzuela declares state of calamity in wake of floods Laguna placed under state of calamity due to floods Amid floods, Bulacan town mayor calls on government for help Classes in all levels in Paranaque, Muntinlupa suspended Wednesday Slideshow:...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Matthew Gonzalez-Noda/Christian Aid Within the past 24 hours, torrential rains have caused massive flooding in Manila , bringing the sprawling capital of the Philippines to a standstill. Dr Mahar Lagmay, executive director of Project Noah , the...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
A Coast Guard member reaches out to rescue a man who had clung to a tree for hours after swirling floodwaters swept him away along E...Nonstop monsoon rains left 80 percent of Metro Manila flooded on Tuesday, forcing hundreds of thousands out of...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
There has been some disruption of power, water and communications in affected areas," it added. The FCO, citing figures from the Philippine Tourism Department, said around 97,000 British tourists visit the Philippines every year. Most visits are...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Monsoon rains that triggered massive flooding in the Philippines are being blamed for the deaths of at least eight people in metro Manila, officials said. The victims died led when a landslide buried their homes in thick mud, The Philippine Star...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
PhilippinesA man drowned in Manila flood Tuesday afternoon amid the onslaught of torrential rains that has been battering Metro Manila and other Luzon provinces since Monday. The victim was identified as Hanibal Baitec, 45, of Legarda, Manila.
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Tuesday afternoon. Right now 30 percent might still be flooded, he said. Ramos said the reason for the continued floods was because the soil was very saturated from the past several days of continuous rains. The soil is saturated, where...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Tuesday rains surpass Ondoy's 2009 rainfall Pagasa 5:40 pm Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 Residents wade along a flooded area in Marikina on Tuesday. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration. The accumulated rainfall for...
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Inquirer.net
| 10 months ago
Aquino said the Ombudsman agreed to allow the use these boats that were supposed to have been acquired in the aftermath of tropical storm Ondoy in September 2009 when Luzon, including Metro Manila, was inundated with floods that claimed hundreds of...
