Motorists cross a flooded road in Marikina, east of Manila on September 27, 2009, a day after tropical storm Ketsana lashed the area around the capital city. At least 51 people were killed and more than a quarter of a million displaced after tropical storm Ketsana dumped the heaviest rainfall on capital Manila in more than four decades, officials said. Manila and surrounding areas were lashed with heavy rains for nine hours, leading to flash floods that inundated about 80 percent of the capital of more than 12 million inhabitants. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

Motorists cross a flooded road in Marikina, east of Manila on September 27, 2009, a day after tropical storm Ketsana lashed the area around the capital city. At least 51 people were killed and more than a quarter of a million displaced after tropical storm Ketsana dumped the heaviest rainfall on capital Manila in more than four decades, officials said. Manila and surrounding areas were lashed with heavy rains for nine hours, leading to flash floods that inundated about 80 percent of the capital of more than 12 million inhabitants.

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  1. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Family members use an improvised raft to carry a dead relative during a funeral procession on a flooded street caused by Typhoon Ketsana, known locally as Ondoy, in Taytay Rizal, east of Manila September 30, 2009. The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Ketsana rose to 246 while the economic cost was nearly $100 million, officials said.
  2. Flood-displaced residents eat their meals in a makeshift tent at an evacuation centre in Cainta, Rizal November 15, 2009. Thousands of families are still housed in evacuation centres nearly two months after Typhoons Ketsana and Parma hit Metro-Manila and other towns in the Philippine island of Luzon, submerging houses in floodwaters.
  3. A flood-displaced resident is reflected in a mirror while cleaning her face as her sister watches at an evacuation centre in Cainta, Rizal November 15, 2009. Thousands of families are still housed in evacuation centres nearly two months after Typhoons Ketsana and Parma hit Metro-Manila and other towns in the Philippine island of Luzon, submerging houses in floodwaters.
  4. A displaced resident is reflected in a mirror while cleaning her face at an evacuation centre in Cainta, Rizal, November 15, 2009. Thousands of families are still housed in evacuation centres nearly two months after Typhoons Ketsana and Parma hit Metro-Manila and other towns in the Philippine island of Luzon, submerging houses in floodwaters.

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