Typhoon Gaemi and a southwest monsoon brought heavy rain on Wednesday (July 24) to the Philippine capital region and northern provinces, prompting authorities to halt work and classes, while stock and foreign exchange trading were suspended.
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00:00Typhoon Gemi and a southwest monsoon brought heavy rain to the Philippine capital region
00:08and northern provinces on Wednesday, leading to suspensions of work, classes and trading
00:13activities.
00:14Residents in Manila waded through waist-deep flood water, using makeshift buoyant containers
00:19to stay dry or ferry across inundated streets.
00:41The presidential office suspended classes at all academic levels and work in most government
00:47offices across the capital region, which comprises 16 cities and is home to at least 13 million
00:53people.
00:54According to the state weather agency's 5 a.m. bulletin, Typhoon Gemi, with maximum
01:00sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 190 kilometers per hour, was
01:06moving towards Taiwan.
01:08The agency said while it did not make landfall in the Philippines, it intensified the southwest
01:14monsoon, causing heavy to intense rain in the northern part of the country.