'Everything is destroyed': Residents forced to evacuate as Typhoon Carina floods Metro Manila

Residents in the Philippines’ capital Manila on Wednesday were forced to evacuate from their houses as flood waters submerged homes and villages.

“Everything is destroyed. (The flood) reached the second floor of our house, all our things are ruined. Everything got wet, nothing was saved," resident Ladylyn Bernas recounted as she evacuated with her family to a nearby church.

Streets turn into rivers as Typhoon Carina hits PH

Village officials said flood waters have reached as high as the second floor of homes as heavy rains caused by Typhoon Carina continue to pour over Manila.

Carina, with maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 190 kph, was heading towards Taiwan, the Philippines' state weather agency said in a 5 a.m. bulletin. It did not make landfall but it is enhancing a southwest monsoon, resulting in heavy to intense rain in northern Philippines, the agency said.

Heavy to intense rains forecast to persist until Thursday

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