'Ulysses' fury brings back 'Ondoy' scare. Inquirer Newsletter. November 13, 2020

No images? Click here   MEMORIES RETURN Members of a family trapped by floodwaters on the second floor of their home at the riverside village of Tumana in Marikina City handover children to the rescue team. —RICHARD A. REYES     News Warmer seas due to climate change make hurricanes stronger TOKYO—Warmer seas caused by climate change are making hurricanes stronger for longer after landfall, increasing the destruction they can wreak on impact, a new study has found. —AFP Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1360054/warmer-seas-due-to-climate-change-make-hurricanes-stronger   Regions Rizal drowning The sheer amount of rainfall as Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name: Vamco) crossed Calabarzon region and Metro Manila starting Wednesday night until early Thursday caused massive flooding in Rizal province. —STORY BY Maricar Cinco Read more:  https://philippinedailyinquirerplus.pressreader.com/@nickname19452938/csb_-F6PgdceFp_l6Iq-_urilJpta0yDhM-Kvus6g3AqcdbJ5tZTmrXhOW5XY4xozizC   Marketing Pulse Embracing uncertainty, volatility In many conferences held all over the world, discussions remain focused on managing change or managing uncertainty—as if resistance to change or the heightened level of uncertainty is not enough of a hurdle. —STORY BY Josiah Go Read more: https://business.inquirer.net/311586/embracing-uncertainty-volatility   Newsletter / Join us Has this been forwarded by a friend? Subscribe now to the Philippine Daily Inquirer Newsletter and get your latest news and important updates on COVID-19 and the enhanced community quarantine. Subscribe   Get here!     Banner story 'Ulysses' fury brings back 'Ondoy' scare. By Meg Adonis, Nikka G. Valenzuela and Dexter Cabalza @Team_Inquirer It was like Tropical Storm “Ondoy” (international name: Ketsana) all over again for many in Metro Manila after torrential rains from Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name: Vamco) inundated large areas of the national capital overnight. Marikina City again was the hardest hit and the riverside Provident Village in Barangay Tañong was submerged once more in muddy water that reached the second floor of homes of the middle-class community on Thursday. Many residents climbed to the roofs of their houses to escape the rising water, parents clutching their young children, all of them wet in the rain. George Bolima, who moved to the residential subdivision three years ago, brought his family to the second floor of his house around 8 a.m. Fearing the steadily rising floodwater, and without food and water, he hoped for an early rescue. “If the flood continues to rise, then we have nowhere else to go,” he told the Inquirer in an exchange of cell phone messages. Bolima, who lived with his siblings, parents and a 2-month-old baby girl, said the floodwater began rising at 7 a.m. and in just an hour swallowed the entire first floor of his house. “We know that we cannot all be rescued simultaneously here in Provident Village due to the high number of people calling for help. But we are hoping that private [groups] can also help us,” he said. “We are afraid, the children are afraid. If the flood reaches us, we will have nothing left.” Bolima could have run out battery hours later as he was no longer responding to the Inquirer’s messages. —WITH REPORTS FROM MARIEJO S. RAMOS AND JEANNETTE I. ANDRADE INQ Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1360021/like-ondoy-all-over-again   Editorial Poster boy   Barely weeks after reiterating his firm avowals of going against law violators and erring government personnel, President Duterte appointed National Capital Region Police Office director Police Major Gen. Debold Sinas as the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP).  Read full story: opinion.inquirer.net       Copyright © 2020 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 2353, Makati Central Post Office, 1263 Makati City, Philippines.   Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe