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Pictures: Deadly deluge in Philippines after Typhoon Vamco

The country logs over 100 deaths and $518.5 million losses from the recent storms

Published: November 17, 2020 13:22 Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor and with inputs from agencies

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Copy of 366054835_0-12-1605604711515 — 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. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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Copy of 366054838_0-11-1605604707259 — 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. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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Copy of Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_80639.jpg-8dc99-1605604725281 — 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. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_30481.jpg-4e9a4-1605604739368 — 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. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_64965.jpg-abd01-1605604716100 — 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. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_72425.jpg-6f633-1605604756288 — Residents liner up for relief goods in their village damaged by Typhoon Vamco in Marikina. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-11-16T054855Z_1955947620_RC254K9UXIAF_RTRMADP_3_ASIA-STORM-PHILIPPINES-1605604758850 — A boy walks on debris from the flood brought by Typhoon Vamco, in Marikina, Metro Manila. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 366054851_0-13-1605604703469 — Evacuees gather at a makeshift evacuation center in Rodriguez, Province of Rizal. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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Copy of Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_18069.jpg-33bbe-1605604748415 — Children play in mud at their village that was damaged by Typhoon Vamco in the Industrial Valley Complex in Marikina. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_43198.jpg-d1cdd-1605604743919 — A resident carries relief goods at their village that was damaged by Typhoon Vamco in Marikina. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_03190.jpg-4cbae-1605604730489 — 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. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_85925.jpg-4c2fc-1605604734957 — A woman and child walks past a toppled passenger jeep brought about by Typhoon Vamco in the Industrial Valley Complex in Marikina. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_10259.jpg-c96c4-1605604752932 — A man walks beside on garbage that was swept away by the swollen river caused by rains from Typhoon Vamco in Marikina. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Philippines_Asia_Typhoon_50410.jpg-767c3-1605604720585 — 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. Image Credit: AP

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