Major floods continue to batter Philippines as Covid-19 cases almost hit 403,000

A woman sits inside a school that was converted into an evacuation center after floods inundate villages in Marikina, Philippines due to Typhoon Vamco on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. The typhoon swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeast Philippines, where rescuers were deployed early Thursday to help people flee the rising waters. - AP

MANILA, Nov 12 (AFP): The third typhoon to hit the storm-battered Philippines in as many weeks caused major flooding in Manila late on Thursday, trapping people on rooftops and claiming at least two lives in another part of the country.

Typhoon Vamco packed winds of up to 155 kilometres (96 miles) per hour as it swept across the country's largest island of Luzon after making landfall overnight.