Pictures: Deadly deluge in Philippines after Typhoon Vamco
The country logs over 100 deaths and $518.5 million losses from the recent storms
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People walk along a road covered in mud and debris in Rodriguez, Province of Rizal, the Philippines. Typhoon Vamco barreled through Luzon from Wednesday, triggering some of Metro Manila’s worst floods in years.
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People walk along a road covered in mud and debris in Rodriguez, Province of Rizal, the Philippines, on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. Typhoon Vamco barreled through Luzon from Wednesday, triggering some of Metro Manila’s worst floods in years.
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A number of provinces north of the capital Manila are still submerged in flood waters after Typhoon Vamco swept across Luzon last week, just weeks after typhoons Goni and Molave hit.
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The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Managent Council said it has asked President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a state of calamity in the country's largest island Luzon, home to 53 million people.
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The proposal - which will be in addition to an existing state of calamity over the COVID-19 pandemic - allows faster release of calamity funds, the grant of interest-free loans and freezing of prices of basic commodities.
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Residents liner up for relief goods in their village damaged by Typhoon Vamco in Marikina.
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A boy walks on debris from the flood brought by Typhoon Vamco, in Marikina, Metro Manila.
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Evacuees gather at a makeshift evacuation center in Rodriguez, Province of Rizal.
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Children play in mud at their village that was damaged by Typhoon Vamco in the Industrial Valley Complex in Marikina.
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A resident carries relief goods at their village that was damaged by Typhoon Vamco in Marikina.
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Church worker Jeffey Reyes carries a muddied image of the Virgin Mary as she cleans out mud brought about by Typhoon Vamco at the Immaculate Concepcion Chapel in the Industrial Valley Complex in Marikina.
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A woman and child walks past a toppled passenger jeep brought about by Typhoon Vamco in the Industrial Valley Complex in Marikina.
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A man walks beside on garbage that was swept away by the swollen river caused by rains from Typhoon Vamco in Marikina.
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A man passes by a bridge that is covered with garbage that was swept away by the swollen river caused by rains from Typhoon Vamco in Marikina.
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