A girl paddles a makeshift boat in Artex Compound, the lowest point in the city, which is prone to flooding during monsoon seasons, in Malabon, Metro Manila in the Philippines July 11, 2015. REUTERS/Lorgina Minguito
MANILA (Reuters) - Torrential monsoon rains killed at least eight people in the Philippines, the country's disaster relief agency said on Monday, and the toll was expected to rise as two tropical storms battered northern Luzon, the main island in the archipelago.
The deluge over the past week forced the closure of government offices and schools in Manila, and caused widespread flooding on major roads and landslides outside the capital.
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