Hundreds of people died and went missing because of the storm in the Philippines

The worst storm in four decades has left at least 86 people dead and 23 missing in the Philippines. Rescuers are trying to find bodies and rescue trapped people.

According to the AP , tropical storm Ketsana caused the worst flood in 42 years in Manila and 25 other provinces from Saturday. In just 12 hours the storm hit the Philippines with the same amount of water as the rain within a month.

People of Marikina city, Philippines, standing in the middle of floodwaters.The storm killed 86 people in the Philippines.

Mr. Gilbert Teodoro, Philippine Defense Minister, announced that floods and landslides left at least 86 people dead and 23 missing. Soldiers, police and volunteers saved more than 5,100 people, many of whom clung to each other on rooftops.

According to officials, more than 435,000 people have to leave their homes. Television stations broadcast images of some people clinging to high-voltage power lines to avoid flooding. Many others stand on the roof of the bus and cars.

The car is located on the flooded road in Cainta Rizal, east Manila, the capital of the Philippines.Floods caused Manila to sink into darkness due to power outages.Things that are flying and coming here are also canceled.

The rescue effort was strengthened on September 27 because the rain stopped. Rescue workers search for bodies in the mud and save those who remain trapped on the rooftops. In the city of Marikina near Manila, mud covered cars, streets and many other things. Many areas of Manila were still submerged in the water yesterday, although the flood was rapidly withdrawn.

The number of people killed and missing because of the storm may be much higher than officials' statistics. The head of a village in Quezon City said only 29 people died and 108 people were missing. He did not announce the number of people who died and went missing with the government because they had not contacted him yet.

A man in Cainta Rizal uses plastic jars to keep him from sinking in flood waters.

Governor Joselito Mendoza of Bulacan province admitted that many people in the province drowned in their own homes.

Mayor Mon Ilagan of the city of Cainta, Rizal province, said the entire city was submerged in water on September 26. Casimiro Ynares, governor of Rizal province, announced that many other cities in the province were also completely flooded.

Police pulled a woman onto a rubber boat in Cainta Rizal.

The lucky survivors are still not shocked about the speed of flash floods. George Andrada, a Manila bus driver, said: ' In a split second it drowns everything. I could not bring anything, except the shirt that I was wearing . '

Lovely Lansang, a resident of Marikina city, told the BBC reporter: ' I am staying in a shopping center. Many people in the city were stuck on the roof or rooftop of the house. I can't go anywhere because mud covers the streets and vehicles are scattered everywhere . '

The group swam to the high ground in Cainta Rizal.