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A woman rides a styro box through a flooded street in Manila on July 21, 2025, as the habagat brought heavy rains and flooding to different parts of the Philippines.   Ted Aljibe, AFP

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HABAGAT FLOODING

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175315317956320250721-habagat-flooding-manila-AFP-2.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A woman rides a styro box through a flooded street in Manila on July 21, 2025, as the habagat brought heavy rains and flooding to different parts of the Philippines.   Ted Aljibe, AFP</span></span></span></div><p>Floodwaters driven by torrential rains ground life in the Philippine capital to a halt on Tuesday with tens of thousands evacuated from their homes and at least two people believed missing.</p><p><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/7/21/-walangpasok-class-suspensions-on-tuesday-july-22-1626">Schools</a> and government offices in Manila and the surrounding provinces were closed after a night of rain that saw the region&#x27;s<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/21/alert-level-in-marikina-river-downgraded-0727"> Marikina River</a> burst its banks.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/22/metro-manila-drainage-system-very-old-no-longer-adequate-in-preventing-floods-dpwh-0922">Metro Manila drainage system ‘very old’, no longer ‘adequate’ in preventing floods: DPWH</a></div><div><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TEc1f6TzlmE" title="Mga residente lumikas na mula sa banta ng Marikina River | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>More than 23,000 people living along the river were evacuated overnight, sheltering in schools, village halls and covered courtyards.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/7/22/bulacan-residents-told-leave-homes-early-during-floods-avoid-late-night-evacuation-1010">Bulacan residents told: Avoid late-night evacuation from floods</a></div><p>Another 25,000 more were evacuated in the metropolitan area&#x27;s Quezon and Caloocan cities.</p><p>&quot;Usually these people are from low-lying areas like beside creeks (feeding into the river),&quot; according to Wilmer Tan of the Marikina rescue office, who said the river had reached 18 metres (59 feet) in height.</p><p>An elderly woman and her driver were swept down a swollen creek as they attempted to cross a bridge in Caloocan, said John Paul Nietes, an emergency operations centre assistant supervisor.</p><p>&quot;Their car was recovered last night. The rescue operation is continuing, but as of today, they haven&#x27;t found either of them,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;The car window was broken, so the hope is that they were able to escape.&quot;</p><p>Floodwaters were receding on Tuesday morning, though thousands of people remained unable to return to their homes.</p><p>Tropical Storm Wipha (local name: Crising) skirted the country on Friday. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/7/22/habagat-dumps-almost-a-month-s-rain-in-cavite-2-weeks-of-rain-in-qc-1049">Habagat dumps almost a month&#x27;s rain in Cavite, 2 weeks of rain in QC</a></div><p>At least 20 storms or typhoons strike or come near the Philippines each year, with the country&#x27;s poorest regions typically the hardest hit.</p><p>Deadly and destructive storms are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer because of climate change.</p><p>&quot;This is hard, because if the rain will continue... the river will swell,&quot; Manila street sweeper Avelina Lumangtad, 61, told AFP as she stood next to a flooded thoroughfare.</p><p>&quot;The floods are dangerous.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/omR1jdM_Fsk" title="Some parts of Metro Manila flooded due to non-stop rains | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dJeT-2OuKp4" title="Pamilyang na-stranded sa NLEX ng higit kalahating araw, humiling ng tulong" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Floodwaters driven by torrential rains ground life in the Philippine capital to a halt on Tuesday with tens of thousands evacuated from their homes and at least two people believed missing.</p>

Floodwaters driven by torrential rains ground life in the Philippine capital to a halt on Tuesday with tens of thousands evacuated from their homes and at least two people believed missing.

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Philippines flooding displaces thousands, two missing

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Published July 22, 2025 11:03 AM PHT

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