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Tropical Storm Yagi pummeled the Philippines early Monday, killing multiple people as its heavy rains triggered flash flooding and landslides
In Marikina, Metro Manila, where the Marikina River overflowed due to enhanced monsoon rains, 21 evacuation centers were set up where at least 9,152 people were housed. [ 5 ] Maynilad , which serves significant portions of Metro Manila, reduced its water production due to raw water sedimentation at the La Mesa watershed caused by the monsoon rains.
The 2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods (informally known in Tagalog as Hagupít ng Habagat, "wrath of the monsoon" and Bagsík ng Habagat, "fierceness of the monsoon", from habagat, the Filipino term for the southwest monsoon), was an eight-day period of torrential rain and thunderstorms in Luzon in the Philippines from August 1 to August 8, 2012.
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Some areas in Metro Manila were experiencing flooding as a result of the storm, [135] resulting in the evacuation of 588 people in Malabon and five families in Marikina. [136] A second alarm warning was raised in the Marikina River after its water level reached 16.8 m (55 ft). [137]
The Manggahan Floodway is an artificially constructed waterway in Metro Manila, Philippines.The floodway was built in 1986, [1] with the cost of 1.1 billion pesos, in order to reduce flooding along the Pasig River during the rainy season, by diverting the peak water flows of the Marikina River to Laguna de Bay, which serves as a temporary reservoir.
November 11, 2020: Typhoon Vamco (Ulysses) caused the worst flooding in Metro Manila since 2009. 98 people were killed and damages of ₱20.3 billion (US$421 million), the sixth costliest Philippine typhoon on record. December 18–19, 2020: Tropical Depression Vicky caused flooding and several landslides over southern Philippines. Nine people ...
Taiwan shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island on Wednesday ahead of a powerful typhoon that already worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, killed at least 13 people ...