Dams overflow flooding metro Manila

Rescuers help a woman cross a flooded street as residents are evacuated from their homes in the village of Tumana, Marikina town, in suburban Manila on Aug. 7, 2012, after torrential rains inundated most of the capital. Torrential rains brought the Philippines capital to a standstill forcing at least 20,000 people to flee their homes as floodwaters covered half the sprawling city, authorities said.

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