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Marikina residents swim to safety as Ulysses causes flooding

A resident uses a plastic container as floater while negotiating rising floodwaters in Marikina City on Thursday. The heavy rains brought by Typhoon Ulysses (International name: Vamco) swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeast Philippines, and rescuers were deployed early Thursday.

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