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AFTER four days of heavy rains, residents living near the Marikina River are trying to go on with their lives, salvaging what they could after another round of flooding, this time brought about by monsoon rains, hit this low-lying city crisscrossed by a major river.
AFTER being pounded by intense rain for the past several days, the southwest monsoon eased up slightly Wednesday morning to reveal the garbage hiding in Metro Manila’s underbelly.
THE rains turned the whole metropolis into a virtual waterworld, but signs of Filipinos' tough and resilient nature emerged in images of surreal humor and even joy amid the disaster brought about by the southwest monsoon or habagat.