lkdood
10-01-2009, 04:22 PM
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About a week ago, Typhoon Ketsana (known in the Phillippines as "Ondoy") made landfall, and according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Ketsana dropped 455 mm (17.9 in) of rain on Metro Manila in a span of 24 hours on Saturday - the most in 42 years. A month's worth of rainfall in a single day washed away homes and flooded large areas, stranding thousands on rooftops in the city and elsewhere. Ketsana later crossed over to Vietnam and Cambodia, where it is still active. Over 360 people are known to have been killed, and damage estimates are reaching $100 million. Unfortunately, another tropical storm may be headed toward the southern Philippines on Wednesday but is still 1,000 km (600 mi) off the coast. Here is a selection of photographs from the affected areas over the past week.
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http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k10_20519937.jpg
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A rescue worker carries the body of a child that drowned in flooding brought by tropical storm Ketsana in Marikina city, east of the Philippine capital Manila, on September 27, 2009. (JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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A resident looks at a body left lying in the mud by the floodwaters brought on by Typhoon Ketsana in Payatas, Quezon city, Manila September 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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Cambodian villagers carry coffins loaded with bodies of villagers who died during Typhoon Ketsana at Teuk Mileang village, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province, about 250 kilometers (155 miles), north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k14_20532545.jpg
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About a week ago, Typhoon Ketsana (known in the Phillippines as "Ondoy") made landfall, and according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Ketsana dropped 455 mm (17.9 in) of rain on Metro Manila in a span of 24 hours on Saturday - the most in 42 years. A month's worth of rainfall in a single day washed away homes and flooded large areas, stranding thousands on rooftops in the city and elsewhere. Ketsana later crossed over to Vietnam and Cambodia, where it is still active. Over 360 people are known to have been killed, and damage estimates are reaching $100 million. Unfortunately, another tropical storm may be headed toward the southern Philippines on Wednesday but is still 1,000 km (600 mi) off the coast. Here is a selection of photographs from the affected areas over the past week.
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k01_20514811.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k03_20545821.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k04_20508739.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k05_20518539.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k06_20517827.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k07_20558783.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k08_20557379.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k09_20519463.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k10_20519937.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k11_20519697.jpg
A rescue worker carries the body of a child that drowned in flooding brought by tropical storm Ketsana in Marikina city, east of the Philippine capital Manila, on September 27, 2009. (JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k12_20522075.jpg
A resident looks at a body left lying in the mud by the floodwaters brought on by Typhoon Ketsana in Payatas, Quezon city, Manila September 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer)
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k13_20559851.jpg
Cambodian villagers carry coffins loaded with bodies of villagers who died during Typhoon Ketsana at Teuk Mileang village, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province, about 250 kilometers (155 miles), north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k14_20532545.jpg
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ketsana_09_30/k15_20519531.jpg
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