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Record rains kill 40
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Published: September 27, 2009
MANILA, Philippines - More than a month's worth of rain fell in 12 hours Saturday as Tropical Storm Ketsana slammed the Philippines, killing at least 40 people and stranding thousands on roofs in the capital's worst flooding in more than 42 years.
The government declared a "state of calamity" in Manila and 25 storm-hit provinces.
Loel Malonzo, chairman of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council, said that those who died did not live near creeks and were unaccustomed to flooding.
About 16.7 inches of rain fell on Manila, exceeding the 15.4-inch average for September.
The Associated Press
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