Sunday, September 27, 2009

UPI | At least 75 dead in Philippines floods caused by rainfall that broke all records for a 24-hour period.

UPDATE: LATimes.com | Philippine storm leaves 106 dead and missing



Motorists drive by vehicles lined up along a road after flash floods caused by Typhoon Ondoy hit Provident Village in Marikina City, Metro Manila September 27, 2009. The Philippines appealed for international aid to help tens of thousands marooned by flashfloods, and apologised for the delays in rescue efforts to avoid potential political fallout from the crisis. REUTERS/John Javellana (PHILIPPINES DISASTER SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)



A Filipino boy is carried to safety through floodwaters brought by Tropical Storm Ketsana in the Quezon City suburb of Manila. At least 73 people have been killed and more than a quarter of a million displaced after the heaviest rain in more than four decades plunged the Philippine capital into turmoil, officials said. (AFP/Jay Directo)



In this photo released by Philippine Air Force, a group of residents wade through neck-deep floodwater as others stay on the roof of their house Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009 in suburban Pasig City east of Manila, Philippines. Rescuers plucked bodies from muddy floodwaters and saved drenched survivors from rooftops Sunday after a tropical storm tore through the northern Philippines.
(AP Photo/Philippine Air Force, Sgt. Rey Bruna)

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