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Floods bring Philippine capital to standstill
« on: August 07, 2012, 03:19:50 PM »
By Mynardo Macaraig | AFP News – 3 hours ago


Torrential rains brought the Philippines capital to a standstill Tuesday, forcing at least 20,000 people to flee their homes as floodwaters covered half the sprawling city, authorities said.

Schools, financial markets and most government and private offices were shut as key roadways in Manila -- a metropolis of some 15 million people -- were submerged by waters that in some areas reached neck-deep.

Residents of low-lying slums fled the huge shantytowns lining Manila's rivers and sewers for the safety of schools, gymnasiums and government buildings as the downpour generated by seasonal monsoons struck overnight.

Army trucks hauled stranded residents from their homes, while enterprising children fashioned crude rafts out of scrap wood and banana tree trunks and charged people to ferry them around.

Power was turned off in some parts of the capital as a precautionary measure as the waters seeped into electrical facilities, the city's power distributor said.

In some areas of the city, people were trapped on the second floor of their houses by the fast-rising waters, said Cora Agulan of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

She said there were many calls for help but in some areas it was too dangerous for rescuers to try to reach those stranded.

"The current is too strong so we have to tie our rubber boats with ropes to keep them from being swept away," she said.

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Re: Floods bring Philippine capital to standstill
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2012, 03:21:02 PM »
Rosario Brutas, a market vendor in Bacoor, a town south of Manila, said she and her husband woke on Tuesday to discover their home already partly submerged.

"We woke up before dawn to find our bed afloat," the 32-year-old told AFP from a hospital courtyard where her family and their neighbours had taken refuge.

Bad weather from seasonal southwest monsoons has pounded Manila and nearby areas for over a week since Typhoon Saola brushed past the country's north.

Before the latest deluge, the death toll from eight days of sustained rains had reached 53 with more than 268,000 people forced to flee their homes across the country, according to disaster authorities.

No new casualties were reported from the overnight rains.

But Jean Navarez from the state weather service warned that the floods could worsen as the La Mesa dam, Manila's sole reservoir, began letting off water that would swell surrounding rivers.

"If we put it in a percentage, at least 50 percent of Metro Manila is flooded," she told AFP.

"There will be heavy rainfall for the next 24 hours. The floods will increase," she added.

Government weather forecaster Bernie de Leon said that in the 24 hours to Tuesday morning, 323 millimetres (13 inches) of rain fell on the capital, compared to average monthly rainfall of 504 millimetres for August.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said that while some 20,000 people fled to evacuation centres overnight, many more sought refuge in relatives' homes.

The La Mesa dam overflow and a high tide on Manila Bay conspired to worsen the flooding, it said.

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Re: Floods bring Philippine capital to standstill
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2012, 03:26:26 PM »


Residents wade on a flooded street in Las Pinas, Metro Manila August 7, 2012. Monsoon rains swamped the Philippine capital and nearby provinces, forcing the government to close schools, public and private offices and financial markets, as emergency workers rushed to move thousands of people to higher grounds, government disaster officials said. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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Re: Floods bring Philippine capital to standstill
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2012, 03:30:17 PM »


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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2012, 03:32:09 PM »


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« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2012, 03:59:11 PM »


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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2012, 04:31:08 PM »


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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2012, 05:07:10 PM »


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« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2012, 05:08:20 PM »


Residents wade and ride on pedicabs along a flooded street in Las Pinas, Metro Manila August 7, 2012. Monsoon rains swamped the Philippine capital and nearby provinces forcing the government to close schools, public and private offices and financial markets, as emergency workers rushed to move thousands of people to higher grounds, government disaster officials said. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2012, 05:25:55 PM »


Residents ride on a pedicab along a flooded street in Las Pinas, Metro Manila August 7, 2012.  REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2012, 05:27:38 PM »


A man transports vegetables on his motorcycle along a flooded street in Las Pinas, Metro Manila August 7, 2012.  REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2012, 05:28:43 PM »


Rescuers rest on an inflatable mattress floating along a flooded street in Las Pinas, Metro Manila August 7, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2012, 05:40:42 PM »


Flood victims ride in a rescue boat, as they evacuate to higher grounds, along a flooded street in Las Pinas, Metro Manila August 7, 2012. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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Children play on a flooded street in Las Pinas, Metro Manila August 7, 2012.  REUTERS/Erik De Castro

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A boy rides on a makeshift boat along a flooded street in Las Pinas, Metro Manila August 7, 2012.  REUTERS/Erik De Castro


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250,000 flee as floods paralyse Philippine capital
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2012, 05:47:34 PM »
By Mynardo Macaraig | AFP News – 15 minutes ago


Half of Manila was under water and 250,000 people fled their homes Tuesday as torrential rain paralysed the city, sweeping away houses, stranding residents on rooftops and triggering a landslide.

At least 15 people were confirmed dead as the sprawling metropolis and nearby provinces suffered the most extensive floods since a typhoon that killed hundreds three years ago.

Schools, financial markets and most government and private offices were shut as key roadways in the capital -- a city of some 15 million people -- were submerged by waters that in some areas reached neck-deep.

"If we put it in a percentage, at least 50 percent of Metro Manila is flooded," Gine Nievarez from the state weather service told AFP.

As local television flashed live footage of rampaging rivers carrying off houses and residents marooned on the roofs of their homes, President Benigno Aquino said the government was doing everything it could to help.

"Everybody who is supposed to do something is doing what he is supposed to do," he told reporters after meeting with civil defence officials.

Bad weather from seasonal southwest monsoons has been pounding Manila and nearby areas for over a week. Meteorologists said the crisis in the capital came as over half a month's rain fell on the city in 24 hours.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said that more than 800,000 people had been affected, with 18,600 in government evacuation centres and some 231,000 seeking refuge with friends or relatives.

Tuesday's deaths brought the number of people killed by the monsoon rains across the Philippines to 68 over the past week, according to civil defence officials.

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« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2012, 11:17:43 PM »
swerte pa gyod tawon mi nga wa mi sa flooded area.  these pictures are unbelievable for me. 

i haven't been out in the last 72 hours.  but i can see the rain through our window.  while not constant, it comes heavy and weird in its regularity of intervals.  even the clouds are weird with their thickness, darkness and nearness.  the gloom it casts, while not total, makes it appear instead as if a massive spaceship has parked in the skies of metro manila, much like the one in the movie "independence day".

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Re: Floods bring Philippine capital to standstill
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2012, 11:22:45 PM »
many floods had passed. no solution so far.

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« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2012, 11:42:19 PM »
the problem appears way faster than the solution.  it could mean social upheaval at great political cost if this possible final solution is imposed with speed--- uprooting hundreds of thousand of houses including shanties that were built over sewerage systems.  that, and an overnight change to people's bad garbage disposal habits and the total ban on disposable plastic bags and packing materials.  it would be like moving mountains, but with demonstrations and probably shooting deaths.  it is a sisyphean task.

this sounds sick, but the clear solution to manila's floods is a drought.     

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« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2012, 08:17:51 AM »
dako kaayo namong pasalamat kay wala mi maka experience anang mga baha dire sa Southern Mindanao (kung naa man dili pod ingon ana ka grabe diha sa Manila or Luzon) My thoughts and prayers for the victims especially kadtong mga children.. nitulo akong luha atong usa ka pamilya nga nabiktima ug landslide unta wala nay mosunod pang mabiktima.. adto intawn mo sa mga luwas nga lugar.. biya-i ng inyong kabutangan kay makita ra na, ang kinabuhi dili na..

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« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2012, 10:28:37 AM »
swerte pa gyod tawon mi nga wa mi sa flooded area.  these pictures are unbelievable for me. 

i haven't been out in the last 72 hours.  but i can see the rain through our window.  while not constant, it comes heavy and weird in its regularity of intervals.  even the clouds are weird with their thickness, darkness and nearness.  the gloom it casts, while not total, makes it appear instead as if a massive spaceship has parked in the skies of metro manila, much like the one in the movie "independence day".

Oh, well, I'm sure you can handle aliens, Ms. Isle... ;D

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« Reply #21 on: August 08, 2012, 10:30:30 AM »
many floods had passed. no solution so far.
this sounds sick, but the clear solution to manila's floods is a drought.     

More of logical. Sickly logical, OK, but logical... ;D

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« Reply #22 on: August 08, 2012, 10:33:59 AM »
dako kaayo namong pasalamat kay wala mi maka experience anang mga baha dire sa Southern Mindanao (kung naa man dili pod ingon ana ka grabe diha sa Manila or Luzon) My thoughts and prayers for the victims especially kadtong mga children.. nitulo akong luha atong usa ka pamilya nga nabiktima ug landslide unta wala nay mosunod pang mabiktima.. adto intawn mo sa mga luwas nga lugar.. biya-i ng inyong kabutangan kay makita ra na, ang kinabuhi dili na..

Bitaw. Lisod man tuod pangitaon ang kwarta ug kabtangan, apan pwede ra, naa ra sa paningkamot. Ang kinabuhi nga nakalas di na jud mabakwi.

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« Reply #23 on: August 08, 2012, 10:36:11 AM »
Oh, well, I'm sure you can handle aliens, Ms. Isle... ;D

yeah.  in fact, i'm chatting with one right now at tb. ;D

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« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2012, 12:40:45 PM »
yeah.  in fact, i'm chatting with one right now at tb. ;D

Hmm, nag-multitasking diay ka? Chatting with an alien while dukdoking here in TB? ;D

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