MANILA, Philippines (BP)–When Tropical Storm Ketsana blew through Manila Sept. 26, it dumped more rain in six hours than the Philippines’ capital normally receives the entire month of September, resulting in what has been called the worst flood in 40 years.
In any city, such rainfall would lead to flooding. For a crowded city that sits below sea level with an underdeveloped sewage system, the results proved disastrous. By late Saturday afternoon, the government reported 80 percent of Manila was under water.
More than 240 people have lost their lives and hundreds of thousands are displaced. Southern Baptist missionaries living in Manila expect the death toll to climb higher.
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