This video from BBC Weather describes the reasons behind these events:
At least 19 people have died in severe floods in the
Philippine capital, Manila , and nearby areas as a
result of intense, heavy rainfall over recent days. The capital city of
Manila got 504 millimeters (about 20 inches) of
rain on Tuesday.
BBC News Video Report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19160563
More than 80,000 people are being looked after in emergency
shelters, with torrential rain leaving low-lying areas underwater.
BBC News Video Report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19178288
Rescuers are using rubber boats to reach stranded people,
but some have refused to leave amid fears of looting.
Fuelled by seasonal monsoon rains and a nearby tropical
storm, widespread flooding in the Philippines worsened on Tuesday, killing at
least 11 people, the national disaster agency reported.
A landslide in the Manila suburb of Quezon City buried two houses, leaving nine people dead and
four others injured, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Centre. Three of the dead were children, the state-run Philippines
News Agency reported.
Click on the links for a selection of images from recent
days showing the impact on people and the environment from Reuters and The Daily Mail
CNN Video report:
The worst hit parts of Manila were mostly the poorest districts, where millions
of slum dwellers have built homes along riverbanks and other areas susceptible
to flooding. 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.
About 80 per cent of Manila ,
a sprawling metropolis of about 12 million people, remained inundated on
Wednesday, Benito Ramos, head of the national disaster agency, told Reuters news
agency.
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