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At a restaurant in Mandaluyong City, at least three emergency broadcast messages from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council interrupted lunch for most patrons who received the text alerts —each punctuated by a distinct high--- READ:

Council interrupted lunch for most patrons who received the text alerts —each punctuated by a distinct high-pitched alarm—almost simultaneously Sunday noon.In these file photos, people and vehicles alike pile onto the Ortigas flyover in Pasig and the roofs of their own houses to escape the high floodwaters of Super Typhoon Ondoy, which hit Luzon 13 years ago, killed 464 people, and caused over P11 billion in damages.

But according to Vicente Malano, administrator of the state weather bureau PAGASA, while Karding is a super typhoon, it is not expected to have the same effect as Ondoy that caused severe flooding and killed 464 people 13 years ago.ADVERTISEMENT The tropical storm also affected over 4.9 million people and left in its wake at least P11 billion in damage to infrastructure and agriculture.

Local governments in Metro Manila, placed under Signal No. 3, have already ordered preemptive evacuations of residents in high-risk areas.

 

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