What bad news has come from the Philippines about recent flooding?”
Four children are feared drowned and four others are missing as a tropical storm dropped almost a month’s worth of rain on the central Philippines, flooding parts of Manila with waters three feet deep. Power outages blacked out parts of the city and about 1,800 people were stranded at seaports, the Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council said today. Flooding at Manila airport caused flights to be canceled, with passengers stranded at the terminal as access roads became flooded, Alfonso Cusi, general manager, said in a mobile phone text message. Rainfall totaled 341 millimeters (13.4 inches) between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the capital, compared with a September monthly average of 391mm, said Nathaniel Cruz, a weather bureau director. Local reports said at least 10 people have been killed or reported missing, Agence France-Presse said, citing officials and radio reports. A wall collapsed in a suburb of Manila, killing a father and child while five children drowned in flooding else
Four children are feared drowned and four others are missing as a tropical storm dropped almost a month’s worth of rain on the central Philippines, flooding parts of Manila with waters three feet deep. Power outages blacked out parts of the city and about 1,800 people were stranded at seaports, the Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council said today. Flooding at Manila airport caused flights to be canceled, with passengers stranded at the terminal as access roads became flooded, Alfonso Cusi, general manager, said in a mobile phone text message. Rainfall totaled 341 millimeters (13.4 inches) between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the capital, compared with a September monthly average of 391mm, said Nathaniel Cruz, a weather bureau director. Local reports said at least 10 people have been killed or reported missing, Agence France-Presse said, citing officials and radio reports. A wall collapsed in a suburb of Manila, killing a father and child while five children drowned in flooding else
