Philippines Flooding

Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Ketsana are blamed for severe and deadly flooding in the Philippines. On October 1, 2009, it was reported that at least 246 people had died or were missing in widespread flooding in several provinces. In the capital city of Manila, dealt with some of the worst flooding in more than four decades.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/philippines.typhoon.parma/index.html

As residents continued to clean up from the disaster, the area came under another threat: heavy rains and high winds from Typhoon Parma were expected to cause destruction in parts of the Philippines in early October 2009.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/philippines.typhoon.parma/index.html