The Philippines braced Sunday for more rain as a tropical depression moved toward it one week after severe floods killed 22 people and affected nearly 3 million people. The storm, packing maximum winds of 45 kilometres per hour (kph), was moving 13 kph north-northwest and would bring heavy rain over the north-eastern Philippines, the weather bureau said. The national disaster risk management agency ordered local precautionary measures including pre-emptive evacuations of low-lying and mountainous areas. Last week's typhoon dropped heavy rain that flooded Manila and forced the closing of schools, government offices and financial markets. Floods in some northern provinces were still rising as rivers and dams overflowed, affecting 2.8 million people, including 94,215 staying in evacuation centres Damage to agriculture and infrastructure has been estimated at 14.72 million dollars, the national disaster risk management agency said.
