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Win2Win
18th August 2007, 02:31
Flashfloods hit several parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces anew Saturday, following nonstop heavy rains brought by typhoon "Egay" since Friday night. Radio dzBB reported that several parts ...

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fred
18th August 2007, 03:06
Thats what happens when too many people choose to live in an old swamp.
Admitedly the rains were heavy and lasted for a couple of days..
Things would have been a whole lot worse if the super typhoons direction had been different. .. That would have been really bad.. (for those that chose to live in an old swamp)
Shifty-Sidney
18th August 2007, 07:09
Swamps?
How can you have a flash flood in a swamp? - by definition a swamp is an area of wet land that maintains its balance regardless of other weather conditions - it is always a swamp, still, unmoving (very slowly) and stable.
fred
18th August 2007, 08:27
Swamps?
by definition a swamp is an area of wet land that maintains its balance regardless of other weather conditions - it is always a swamp, still, unmoving (very slowly) and stable.

And thats about the best description of Manila that I have heared to date...And let me tell you... Ive heard a few!!