Heavy flooding swamps Manila, government suspends work
A Filipino man pushes a tricycle as passengers try to avoid floodwaters in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 2, 2011. Typhoon Mufia continues to blow away from the northern Philippines after killing at least 4 people even though it did not make landfall. Classes were suspended on Tuesday in most parts of the metro due to floods. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
CORRECTS THE NAME OF TYPHOON IN SECOND SENTENCE - Filipino boys wade through a flooded street during strong rains brought by Typhoon Muifa in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 2, 2011. Muifa continues to blow away from the northern Philippines after killing at least 4 people even though it did not make landfall. Classes were suspended in most parts of the metro due to floods. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A man wades through a chest deep flood water as a young boy tries to catch up with him Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. A powerful typhoon is blowing away from the northern Philippines after killing at least four people even though it did not make landfall. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
MANILA >> At least one person has drowned in waist-deep floods that swamped the streets of the Philippine capital after a night of monsoon rains closed down schools and government offices.
Nearly 800 evacuated their homes Tuesday along one of Manila’s rivers as waters rose to dangerous levels. The Marikina River is notorious for flooding and residents voluntarily took shelter in schools.
Massive traffic jams slowed down movement in many sections of the capital.
The northern Philippines has been battered by back-to-back storms that killed more than 60 people in the last two weeks, and forecasters are warning of two more days of rain.
Nearly 1,000 people died in and around Manila in 2009 during the heaviest rainfall in decades following several powerful typhoons.
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