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Quezon City, north of Manila, was hit hard by the floods. The city government said in a post on X that more than 55,000 people, including nearly 16,000 families, had been evacuated and were ...
Tropical Storm Yagi pummeled the Philippines early Monday, killing multiple people as its heavy rains triggered flash flooding and landslides Multiple dead in Philippines after tropical storm ...
At least 13 died and five others were missing in flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains in southern Philippines, officials said Friday. (Oct. 28)
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.
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]
About 70 percent of Metro Manila was affected by flooding. [17] Some areas were submerged in up to 3 meters (9.8 ft). [18] Due to the expanding floods, officials in the city evacuated more than 23,000 residents from flood-prone areas and relocated them to shelters set up across the area. [17]
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The breakage of the river from its dike causes heavy flooding on other Metro Manila streets. Marikina residential areas, particularly Provident Village, was highly spawned by flood were at least eight people were found dead. [52] Marikina itself recorded 78 deaths, the highest among Metro Manila cities. [53]