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Post by one50 on Oct 1, 2009 9:41:25 GMT 8
I saw in the news that Manila has had some serious flooding recently. Being in the states, this gets very little attention, but I wanted to check in. For those of you who live in that area, how are things? Is everyone alright and keeping dry?
How has this flooding affected Corregidor and the structures on the island?
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Post by fots2 on Oct 1, 2009 14:37:26 GMT 8
Hi one50, As far as I know, everyone and their families are ok. ExO had his house flooded up to the second floor. He is out of the country and fortunately no one else was living there at the time. Relatives are looking after the place. Batteryboy lives further up the same street and fortunately the water level never reached that far. Karl who lives in the Subic area was in Vietnam when the flooding occurred. As far as I know it was not bad there as it never made the news. (the typhoon went to Vietnam after here). I am just south of Manila in Laguna. Only a brownout on the hill where I live but waist high flooding occurred nearby in Muntilupa and San Pedro. Most water has subsided but local grocery stores and other businesses that were flooded days ago are still closed. Side streets are still slimy mud covered. I just returned home from a trip to stock up on more food etc. I heard that Corregidor just got some rain but no damage was mentioned. Thousands of people severely affected by this weather are in bad shape. Shelters are over crowded, with limited toilets, clothing, food and water. Disease could be a problem soon. E-coli has already been detected. The last I heard, the death toll was 246. At one point, 80% of Metro Manila (12 to 15 million people) was under water. This is the worst flooding in Manila since 1967. Perhaps others can give updates specific to their areas. Now even worse, a typhoon is expected to hit here again in the next day or two. This is a photo of the typhoon coming. It travels from right to left at about a 45 degree upward angle. The outline of the Philippines is to the left.
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Post by fots2 on Oct 1, 2009 15:45:19 GMT 8
Philippine floods victims brace for another typhoon
Millions of terrified flood victims in the Philippines, many of them in cramped evacuation camps or still cleaning their homes, braced Thursday for another storm bearing down on the country.
"We must prepare for the rain and the wind," chief government weather forecaster Prisco Nilo said as Typhoon Parma churned towards the country and nearly 700,000 flood survivors crowded into makeshift government-run shelters.
Disaster officials fear more rains spawned by the typhoon could trigger another massive flood as streets and drainage systems remain clogged from the tonnes of debris left by the previous deluge caused by storm Ketsana.
Ketsana dumped the heaviest rains in more than four decades on Manila and surrounding areas of Luzon islands on Saturday, submerging most of the national capital with up to six metres (20 feet) of water.
The number of people confirmed killed in the disaster climbed to 277, the government said Thursday, a rise of 31 from the previous day, with 42 people still missing.
After the Philippines, Ketsana powered on to other parts of Southeast Asia, killing 74 people in Vietnam and 11 in Cambodia.
The number of people known to have been affected by Ketsana in the Philippines rose to 2.5 million on Thursday, according to the government's latest update, up nearly 300,000 from Wednesday's estimate.
The number of flood survivors staying in gymnasiums, schools and other makeshift evacuation camps also continued to rise, with about 687,000 people known to be staying in them, the government said.
Those in evacuation centres feared fresh rains would aggravate the already squalid conditions, and further hamper over-stretched relief efforts.
As Typhoon Parma approached, worried residents who had returned to their homes after the waters receded, and those whose houses were unaffected, were stocking up on food and emergency lights.
As of dawn Thursday, the typhoon was 650 kilometres (400 miles) east of Borongan town on the eastern island of Samar.
It was moving on a west-northwest trajectory toward the northern part of Luzon island with sustained winds of 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 185 kph (115 mph), the weather bureau said in its latest update.
If the storm maintained its trajectory, it would spare Manila and surrounding regions still reeling from the impact of Ketsana, Nilo said in a radio interview.
However, Nilo warned he was not ruling out the possibility that Typhoon Parma would change course and strike the central Luzon region just north of the capital and dump more torrential rain in the disaster zone.
And even if it did not score a direct hit, its outer rain band could still cause damage in Manila, while heavy winds would cause additional problems.
Weather forecaster Mario Palafox said in another radio interview that Parma had the potential of becoming a super-typoon, referring to storms with sustained winds of over 180 kph (110 mph).
The lowest of a four-step storm signal was raised over the provinces of Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte and Catanduanes on Luzon's eastern coast, weather officials said, warning fishermen against venturing out to sea.
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Post by victor on Oct 1, 2009 19:38:29 GMT 8
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Post by The Phantom on Oct 2, 2009 2:37:12 GMT 8
Good job keeping us informed, thanks.
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Post by mapmaster on Oct 3, 2009 7:46:49 GMT 8
Hi ABS-CBN News have an on-line website. This broadcaster sends a news bulletin to Australia daily, which is shown on SBS TV every morning from Tuesday to Saturday. The ABS-CBN News shown this morning was prepared Friday evening Philippines time. ABS-CBN News have an edited segment of the Friday prepared broadcast on their website along with written news articles. The sedment and some of the written articles give a run down on the lastest typhoon Pepeng as well as Ondoy. The home page website address is www.abs-cbnnews.com/There are separate postings of news available by clicking the National, Metro and Region TABS on the MENU BAR. Most of the written news articles are in English while the attached video is in Tagalog. mapmaster
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Post by okla on Oct 3, 2009 23:38:04 GMT 8
hey fots....have been following that mess in the PI over here in the states and i guess this is the worst thing that has happened in the philippines since Mount P? ?(dont have my atlas at hand and dont remember how to spell it) blew and devasted clark field and surrounding areas. i dont remember the death toll. maybe it wasnt too high, but property damage and dislocation of large numbers of the population was tragic as i remember. so glad to know that you, battery boy, karl, EXO and others that i have visited with on this website who reside in the PI are at least high and for the most part dry (except for EXOs house). i had no idea that so much of manila was flooded, but being on a low lying flood plain i guess it was to be expected with that amount of precip. again, most happy that you guys are o.k. many thoughts and prayers are going your way and to all the citizens of the Republic of the Philippines from the badlands of oklahoma.
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Post by fots2 on Oct 4, 2009 14:18:24 GMT 8
Hi okla, Thanks for your thoughts. Whenever they occur, typhoons, volcanoes and even ferry disasters seem to be the most dangerous things for many people here. Yesterdays typhoon hit the north of Luzon and fortunately had little effect on people in metro Manila. Today the TV shows lots of flooding and damage in the north. As of now, the death toll is much less than the typhoon one week ago. Karl arrived back home and his family and property are all fine. Guess what, one typhoon leaves the Philippines today and another one is showing up on the satellite map. Fortunately this season will be over soon.
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Post by EXO on Oct 4, 2009 19:36:44 GMT 8
From what reading I have been able to find, so far, the cause of the flood was not the rain, but the reckless release of water from Manila's dams. Instead of a controlled slow release, a literal flood of water was let go - and thus a wall of water swept down over areas which had never been flooded before.
Human negligence, resulting in death and destruction.
In a country in which there was a rule of law, rather than a rule of political dynasties, one could reasonably expect that the private owner of the water supply would be sued out of its existence for damages for negligence, and the man who gave the order to release the flood would be indicted for reckless homicide.
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Post by mapmaster on Oct 6, 2009 17:21:52 GMT 8
Hi ABS-CBN News continues to update their website with the latest news items and video clips. This yesterday's posts include articles on the flooding caused by Typhoon Ondoy and video clips and articles on the damage caused by Typhoon Pepeng. There are also articles on the continuing flooding around Botolan, Zambales. So the flooding and effects are far from over. That address again is www.abs-cbnnews.com/Regards mapmaster
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