Typhoon triggers massive flooding in Manila and provinces in Luzon

Typhoon Vamco/Ulysses lashed the main island of Luzon, whipping destructive winds and dumping torrential rainfall over a wide area, triggering extensive flooding in several areas.

Thousands of houses submerged in roof-level floods in Kasiglahan, Rodriguez, Rizal Source: Jell Morena

Highlights

• 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 up to the roof.
• President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday conducted an aerial inspection of areas hit by the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses

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