| Students run thru knee-deep floodwaters outside their school in Manila on Wednesday. Pounding rain from a typhoon flooded parts of the Philippine capital, forcing schools to cancel classes, briefly stopping a commuter train, and slowing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's convoy due to poor visibility. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- Torrential monsoon rains induced by typhoon Egay (international codename: Sepat) caused flooding in many parts of Metro Manila on Wednesday, causing classes and work in government and private offices to get cancelled.
The Department of Education (DepEd) suspended classes in the elementary and secondary levels in all schools in the National Capital Region (NCR) mid-morning on Wednesday.
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