Article: Roundup: 51 dead, 23 missing as tropical storm Ondoy hits Philippines

Roundup: 51 dead, 23 missing as tropical storm Ondoy hits Philippines

MANILA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- About 51 persons have died, 23 are missing and nearly 300,000 people have been affected by tropical storm "Ondoy" that has caused heavy downpour and massive flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

As of Sunday, search and rescue workers were still continuing to retrieve residents who stayed at the second, third floors and even at the rooftop of their houses in the Provident village in Marikina city and in the nearby Pasig city and Cainta town in Rizal province.

The National Disaster Coordinating Council said that of the 51 fatalities they have recorded, most were from southern Tagalog ...

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