UPDATE:Philippines flood death toll rises to 140: Worst in 42 years Over A Months Worth Of Rain In Only 12 Hours!

That should show those heathens, right?

That should show those heathens, right?

This is a terrible tragedy for those poor people!

This story should be pinned for a day or two, so we can keep updated on this developing situation.

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This is a terrible tragedy for those poor people!

This story should be pinned for a day or two, so we can keep updated on this developing situation.

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Yea, it is pretty saddening isn't? No matter where these types of tragedies take place, it's still hurts to see the suffering of other human beings.

The deathtoll is now up to 140 or something like that. And who knows how many others are still missing.


[link to www.cbc.ca]

This is a terrible tragedy for those poor people!

This story should be pinned for a day or two, so we can keep updated on this developing situation.

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Yea, it is pretty saddening isn't? No matter where these types of tragedies take place, it's still hurts to see the suffering of other human beings.

The deathtoll is now up to 140 or something like that. And who knows how many others are still missing.


[link to www.cbc.ca]

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Thanks for the update, Texas Truth.

I've been off glp for the past several hours, and appreciate your update on this.

I wish this thread would be pinned for a day or two.



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although I feel for their pain, this story will only increase the hogwash about weather getting more extreme, when really it's just increased population and increase speed of information travel that is the cause of these superstitions.


peace!

I can just imagine how sad you'd have been OP, if your were there and had a splash of mud on your cheek or in your hair.

I can just imagine how sad you'd have been OP, if your were there and had a splash of mud on your cheek or in your hair.




Hello again Mr. Bitter. I was raised and live in the country. I've had plenty of mud in my hair before.

Always speaking of the things you know nothing about AC.

[link to news.yahoo.com]

MANILA, Philippines – More than a month's worth of rain fell in just 12 hours Saturday as Tropical Storm Ketsana slammed ashore in the Philippines, killing at least 40 people and stranding thousands on rooftops in the capital's worst flooding in more than 42 years.

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UPDATE:The death toll in the massive flooding that swept the Philippine capital of Manila and nearby provinces has reached 140, officials said Monday.

Army troops, police and civilian volunteers backed by U.S. troops continue the search and rescue effort in the country, according to Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro.

He said 32 villagers remain missing following the flooding, which was set off after tropical storm Ketsana hit the northern portion of the country on Saturday.

Teodoro said welfare agencies have begun to provide food, shelter and medicine to more than 115,000 people since the storm hit.

The government has declared a "state of calamity" in 25 provinces and in metropolitan Manila, which has a population of about 20 million.

It's estimated that more than 430,000 people were affected by the storm.

Flood waters were fast receding, but many areas of the capital remained under water, particularly in the eastern suburbs of Manila.

The 42.4 centimetres of rain that swamped metropolitan Manila in just 12 hours on Saturday exceeded the 39.2-centimetre average for all of September, chief government weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said.

Teodoro said government forecasters are concerned more bad weather might be on its way. They have been monitoring a low pressure area over the Pacific Ocean that could develop into a storm, possibly hitting the country later this week.

[link to www.cbc.ca]

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Thanks for the update, Texas.

I haven't had much time for checking the news today, and I appreciate your info.

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They running around looting, raping, and shooting like in New Orleans?