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MANILA, Philippines — This week's devastating floods from Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) enhanced by the southwest monsoon have caused people to relive their memories of Typhoon Ondoy in 2009, which similarly poured enough rain to engulf whole cities and turn streets into rivers.
Senate President Francis "Chiz" G. Escudero on Thursday called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to put an end to chronic flooding in Metro Manila after Typhoon Carina and southwest monsoon or "habagat" submerged the nation's capital region and brought it to a halt.
My prayers and deepest sympathies go to those affected by floods and landslides brought by Typhoon Carina, and my solidarity to the first responders, paramedics, frontliners, the AFP-PNP-BFP, and our brave volunteers who sacrificed their own lives to ensure everyone's safety in yet another extra-ordinary climate event that hit Metro Manila and Luzon.
MANILA, Philippines – After President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inspected severely flooded areas in Metro Manila on Thursday, July 25, he pinned the blame on climate change and improper trash disposal practices of Filipinos.
MANILA, Philippines — Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro campaigned on Thursday for a larger supply of antibiotics for flood-affected residents in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Carina.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 12:13 p.m.) — Several banks have announced suspended or limited operations in selected branches on Thursday following inclement weather due to Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) and the southwest monsoon.
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) is less likely to cause heavy rains after exiting the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) early Thursday, but the enhanced southwest monsoon may still dump moderate to intense rainfall in Luzon until Saturday, according to state weather bureau PAGASA on Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines – In Malanday Elementary School, children played and waded through water that accumulated in a driveway in front of the gate. It was getting dark, and white lights that could have been taken for moonlight on the ripples of the water, upon a closer look, turned out to be emergency lights.