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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

During the onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy, the floodwaters reached as high as the second floor of Hector’s house. It literally forced him and his family to seek refuge on the rooftop of their house, ...

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.

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — House of Representatives Speaker Ferdinand ... noting that the city fared better in 2009 when Typhoon Ondoy hit Metro Manila and they only had 24 pumping stations.

More than two years after Tropical Storm “Ondoy” struck ... her family in an instant while perched on the roof of their house in Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, as the rains poured.

Disaster relief specialists Operation Blessing International (OBI) are responding to Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana), which dumped 13.5 inches of rainfall –an entire month’s worth– in just six hours ...

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 ...