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Central Luzon flooding could last a month—NDRRMC 10/09/2011

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Central Luzon flooding could last a month—NDRRMC

10/09/2011
Massive flooding in Central Luzon brought about by back-to-back typhoons could last for a month even as the typhoons’ death toll reached 95, the chief of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday said.

Waist-deep floods left behind by typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel” were being made worse by continuous rains on the coastal areas north of Manila, NDRRMC executive director and concurrent Office of Civil Defense administrator Benito Ramos noted.

“This flooding is the effect of Pedring and Quiel. It is still raining here so we expect at least two more weeks before (the floods) will subside, assuming it will stop raining soon,” said Ramos as he inspected the flooded areas.

“If it continues to rain, it will take one month for the waters to subside,” he told Agence France Presse..... MORE

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