Tag: Life in Metro Manila

Pictures From Typhoon Ondoy

Share This Post: pics are worth a thousand words, and these pretty much say it all, with Renzie Baluyut.

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Here’s a collection of pics I found all over Facebook- special thanks to Jeremiah Reyes and Jr Lo for initiating the effort to compile all the pics they could and share it for all the world to see.  If you want get an idea of how things were going down in Metro Manila after these events were happening, check out my other post monitoring online chatter through my friends’ and colleagues’ activities on Facebook.

Please take note that I do not own these photos.  I merely share this to give you all an idea of how bad things were when Typhoon Ondoy /Ketsana hit Metro Manila on the day of 26 September 2009.  As mentioned, these pics were already compiled by Jeremiah Reyes and JR Lo.  If you own the pictures, please let me know, so I can give you proper credit, as well as a link on this post.

Satellite image of the storm: Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana was directly above Metro Manila, ready to drop all that rain down on an unsuspecting city.
A photo shared by Jam Mercado. When the rains hit, ankle-deep floodwaters are a nuisance, but fairly manageable. What people didnt know was that there was a lot more rain coming through, and the results would be disastrous.
A photo shared by Jam Mercado. When the rains hit, ankle-deep floodwaters are a nuisance, but fairly manageable. What people didn't know was that there was a lot more rain coming through, and the results would be disastrous.
Floodwaters starting to build up in Merville, a residential subidivision in Parañaque City. Taken just before noon of the 26th.
Floodwaters starting to build up in Merville, a residential subidivision in Parañaque City. Taken just before noon of the 26th.
An underpass along Makati Avenue is all flooded up. Around noontime on Sept 26, in Makati City.
It doesnt usually flood up in the Central Business District of Makati. So when you see something like an underpass flood up completely, you know somethings gone terribly wrong.
It doesn't usually flood up in the Central Business District of Makati. So when you see something like an underpass flood up completely, you know something's gone terribly wrong.
The corner of Buendia Avenue and the South Expressway usually floods up, yes, but not like this at all. The water was quickly rising up to chest-level, and vehicles unfortunate enough to get stuck there just had to be abandoned.
The corner of Buendia Avenue and the South Expressway usually floods up, yes, but not like this at all. The water was quickly rising up to chest-level, and vehicles unfortunate enough to get stuck there just had to be abandoned.

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