We took no chances. Shortly after Ondoy, we had our house elevated a few feet higher. Ten years hence, however, there is still that mini-heart attack whenever news reports confirm the presence of a ...

Typhoon Ondoy is almost like Typhoon Milenyo ... which would usually flood only parts of the house, not the entire house. My family watched TV and felt the helplessness associated with seeing ...

Since 2009 the relocation site also welcomed victims of Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana ... re just begging them to stay for 3 months while our house gets rebuilt,” said Briboneria.

A few years after Typhoon Ondoy, I was faced with a unique opportunity ... The vision to build a flood-proof house was translated into an actual design thanks to the innovative team of Buensalido ...

Ondoy, known internationally as Typhoon Ketsana, hit the Philippines ... on staying to watch over their elevated one-storey house, built that way in the hope it would withstand flooding.

It will be recalled that in September 2009, Gerald was also involved in rescuing victims of Typhoon Ondoy. Gerald’s neighbor ... small kids with me, plus the house staff. The whole ground ...

We didn’t expect the typhoon to last for a week. Ondoy wasn’t that gusty, but it was the continuous rain that worried us. The house we lived in was located in the middle of a plateau ...

Her wood and cement house that time had two floors ... The Marikina City PDO document said Typhoon Ondoy produced a flood level of 23 meters and inundated 85 percent of the city.

It was like Typhoon “Ondoy” (international name ... brought his family to the second floor of his house around 8 a.m. Fearing the steadily rising floodwater, and without food and water ...