Yet Another Typhoon Mirinae(Santi) hits Philippine island of Luzon.

The typhoon brought more rain and flooding to parts of metro Manila and new flooding to areas south of the city. This has been a disastrous typhoon season and even more typhoons are expected before the season ends. Mirinae is the international name for the typhoon while Santi is the local Philippine name. Metro Manila had not recovered from earlier floods. Stagnant flood waters remain in some areas causing an outbreak of disease spread by the polluted water.

Thousands flee Philippines typhoon

Typhoon Mirinae has killed at least two people and forced thousands to evacuate, after making landfall in the eastern Philippines, officials have said.

The victims drowned in floods in Laguna province just south of Manila, the capital, the local disaster monitoring office said on Saturday.

In Laguna, military and police rescue boats worked to save people who were trapped on rooftops by a flashflood.

The typhoon, with winds of up to 185 kilometres (115 miles) an hour, was the third major storm to hit the Philippines' main island of Luzon in just five weeks.

on Luzon, stranding thousands of people returning to provinces for All Saints' Day, when many in the largely Roman Catholic country mark the deaths of relatives.

Power outages

The typhoon caused power outages, knocked down trees across many areas of Manila, and forced flights to be suspended on Saturday morning from the city's international airport.

One river in Laguna province flooded most of lakeside Santa Cruz town sending residents clambering onto roofs to escape rising waters, said Ariel Magcalas, the town's mayor.

....Rescue teams were dispatched to the flooded communities but were having difficulty moving in light trucks, said Fred Bragas, a regional disaster officer.