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. (36 photos total)
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My wife and I spent nine years on Guam. Although we had many typhoons while we were there, two stand out.The worst storm was typhoon Omar, winds of 180mph, gusts up towards 200. Don’t remember how much rain , but plenty. The other was typhoon Roy. It sticks in my mind because, the day after I was surfing at a break called Boat Basin. I wiped out, went over the falls and sustained about 5,000 bucks worth of damage. Kinda lost my nerve for a while after that.