ApocaDocs: 'Like a water world': Torrential rains submerge half of Philippine capital, kill 9 people

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Posted Wed Aug 8 2012: from Washington Post:


	'Like a water world': Torrential rains submerge half of Philippine capital, kill 9 people http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1344431476 ... The deluge, the worst since 2009 when hundreds died in rampaging flash floods, was set off by the seasonal monsoon that overflowed major dams and rivers in Manila and surrounding provinces. The capital and other parts of the country already were saturated from last week's Typhoon Saola, which battered Manila and the north for several days before blowing away Friday. That storm was responsible for at least 53 deaths. "It's like a water world," said Benito Ramos, head of the government's disaster response agency. He said the rains flooded 50 percent of metropolitan Manila on Monday evening, and about 30 percent remained under waist- or neck-deep waters Tuesday.

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'Doc Jim says:

I wanna know who gave Manila permission to take all the Midwest's rain!