I've been asked to post this topic again, in full (for technical reasons)
I was truly shocked when Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) caused devastation and loss of hundreds of lives in Luzon at the end of September last year. More rain fell on Metro Manila since records began. It was closely followed by Typhoon Pepeng (Parma). There was outrage on the forum at the lack of coverage by our UK BBC TV. Other news media gave full coverage and there are many Youtube videos.