Hundreds of residents of suburban Manila take shelter in a basketball court due to severe flooding in Manila on August 6, 2012. Schools, financial markets and most government offices were shut as key roadways in Manila -- a metropolis of some 15 million people -- were made impassable by waters that in some areas reached neck-deep.
Hundreds of residents of suburban Manila take shelter in a basketball court due to severe flooding in Manila on August 6, 2012. Schools, financial markets and most government offices were shut as key roadways in Manila -- a metropolis of some 15 million people -- were made impassable by waters that in some areas reached neck-deep.
