Typhoon triggers massive flooding in Manila and provinces in Luzon

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

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.

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