Though the Philippines is no stranger to floods, Saturday''s downpours approached a record, with a month''s worth of rain falling within six hours. The average rainfall for the entire month of September is 391 mm (15.4 inches), said Gilberto Teodoro, secretary of national defense and chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.
Flood spawned by the rainfall killed at least 51 people with at least 21 others missing, the government said.
More than 80 percent of the capital was under water that swallowed whole houses and buses.
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