EDIT:// Correct international name is Ketsana, not Ketsena. Sorry for the mistake. 
A shot from our room’s window
Bagyong Ondoy is the typhoon that hit the Philippines on Saturday, September 26, 2009. It resulted to severe flooding and the death of hundreds of people.
I’m sharing some of the photos I took when the typhoon was still here.
The street of T. Alonzo, near its intersection with Ongpin Street, 9-26-09
On the next day, at T. Alonzo Street
At T. Alonzo Street. The trashes make it look much worse.
The flood water subsided.
Thing is, usually when there is a typhoon, there’s no flood in that area. I guess it’s the trashes and the heavy amount of rainwater. The typhoon Ondoy carried heavy water but didn’t bring strong wind.
According to some news, there are 3 more strong typhoons that are about to come to the Philippines. Many victims still haven’t recovered from the calamity. If you’re residing in the Philippines and weren’t affected in any way by the typhoon (brownout for days, no water supply, flooded house, etc.), then you are very very lucky.
Let’s just hope that the supposed to be next typhoons turn to different directions… away from the Philippines.
More photos on my other blog.
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Justin
September 30, 2009 at 1:47 pm
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I’m really lucky I’m right here in Davao. We don’t have storms here.
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Catzie
September 30, 2009 at 2:07 pm
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Really? I’ll move to Davao. hahaha. Kidding.
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tess
October 1, 2009 at 6:57 pm
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The typhoon not carried more rain, the river banks burst due to volume of rain, then they opened the dams around Manila. This is not to include the effects of deforestation on the mountains North and South of Manila – mudslide, flashflood in Pampanga and Quezon.
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Catzie
October 3, 2009 at 6:47 am
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It was raining non-stop for an entire day, or at least in our area. That’s why I thought that the typhoon carried more rain.
And yes, those were other sources of the flood – rivers, dams, and deforestation.
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Cassey
November 11, 2009 at 1:05 pm
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my friends in Philippines were also victimized by the flooding caused by Typhoon Ondoy. i just hope that you guys could recover soon from this natural disaster. `
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Mike
November 15, 2009 at 12:04 pm
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Kawawa talaga yung mga nabiktima ng Typhoon Ondoy, buti na lang at medyo naka-recover na tayo ngayon. ~
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scaarinh
May 12, 2010 at 12:54 am
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i no its little late 4 it but its kool how u took pics of the flood
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ti tag tang
May 12, 2010 at 12:55 am
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koter ft hf yanh ,wp moar kudaes na yoo ljxyjyd
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ed hardy
September 15, 2010 at 4:54 am
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como leerÃÂa con atención, pero no ha comprendido
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Harvey Morris
October 5, 2010 at 7:03 am
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Ondoy is very devastating and leaves several hundred people homeless-*.
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Lan Tester
October 20, 2010 at 7:28 am
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ondoy did a lot of damage to the econmoy and also to the lives of people*~~
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typhoon dodong
June 22, 2011 at 12:41 am
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every time i can see a picture from sites where they got news about typhoon and features what happened way back then, i got ghost bumps. i don’t know maybe because i can still remember the things that happened way back that time.
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Alexander
September 8, 2011 at 3:40 am
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I like this website as well as have bookmarked it. I will expect to read in information on my journey
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