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Manila is reeling after a super typhoon—we must prepare fast-growing megacities for worsening disasters
The scale of flooding this week has brought back memories of Typhoon Ketsana (known as Ondoy in the Philippines) which hit Manila in 2009. Some areas went under 3 meters of floodwater. Super ...
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Ondoy and Carina
When Ondoy or Typhoon ... devastating tropical cyclone, causing $1.15 billion in losses and 665 fatalities. It was the first typhoon that really flooded and brought Metro Manila to a halt, and ...
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Typhoon triggers massive flooding in Manila and provinces in Luzon
The flooding caused by the typhoon brought back memories of the devastating Typhoon Ondoy in 2009. Marikina City is one of the hardest-hit areas of the capital, where the water in some streets was ...