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Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $ 1.15 billion in damages and 665 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 956 deaths and damages worth $ 6.2 billion. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm ...
The effects of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines were considered some of the worst in decades. Throughout the year, series of typhoons impacted the country, with the worst damage occurring during September and October from Typhoons Ketsana (Ondoy) and Parma (Pepeng). The season started by the formation of Tropical Depression ...
September 25–26, 2009: Tropical Storm Ketsana (Ondoy) passes through Luzon, where torrential rainfall led to record flood levels to as high as 20 feet (6.1 m) in rural areas and in Metro Manila. 671 people have died from the storm with damages toppling up to ₱11 billion (US$237 million).
The 2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods (informally known in Tagalog as Hagupít ng Habagat, "wrath of the monsoon " and Bagsík ng Habagat, "fierceness of the monsoon", from habagat, the Filipino term for the southwest monsoon ), was an eight-day period of torrential rain and thunderstorms in Luzon in the Philippines from August 1 to August 8 ...
10 km (6.2 mi) The Manggahan Floodway is an artificially constructed waterway in Metro Manila, Philippines. The floodway was built in 1986, [ 1] with the cost of 1.1 billion pesos, in order to reduce flooding along the Pasig River during the rainy season, by diverting the peak water flows of the Marikina River to Laguna de Bay, which serves as ...
Pasig. English: "Pasig: Hope Flows!" / 14.5605°N 121.0765°E / 14.5605; 121.0765. Victor Ma. Regis Sotto ( Independent) Pasig, officially the City of Pasig ( Filipino: Lungsod ng Pasig ), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people.
Tropical Storm Ondoy (2001) (28W) – a weak storm that completed a loop to the east of Samar Island before moving further out to sea. Tropical Storm Tembin (2005) (T0522, 23W, Ondoy) – made landfall in the northern Philippines. Typhoon Ketsana (2009) (T0916, 17W, Ondoy) – made landfall in the Philippines and causing massive flooding in ...
San Mateo, officially the Municipality of San Mateo ( Tagalog: Bayan ng San Mateo ), is a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 273,306. It is bordered by Quezon City to the west, Marikina and Antipolo to the south, and by the Municipality of Rodriguez (Montalban ...