Typhoon Ondoy September 26, 2009

First year of the devastation of the formidable Typhoon Ondoy,

Today is the date when Filipinos experienced the devastation of mothernature when the typhoon Ondoy hits the Philippines,Thousands of people are affected and most are forced to fled their homes, overnight rains brought by tropical storm "Ondoy" caused flooding in wide areas of metropolitan Manila and other provinces of the northern Philippines.

Island Luzon where manila is located was devastated by the force and the heavy rain carried by the typhoon, clogged creeks are one of the main reasons of severe flooding in Manila, this is due to poor segragation of plastics and location where to throw the garbages of residents resulting for the clogging of creeks and fast rising of water in the streets.

The heaviest rainfall in more than 40 years lasted for nine hours, triggered flash floods, submerged houses, washed away vehicles and flooded the streets of Metro Manila
Initial rescue efforts to stranded people are on operation using rubber boats and helicopters.

Below are the images after Typhoon Ondoy affected the different parts of the Phillipines:

Here are some video footage captured by residents around the metro.

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