MMDA: Metro Manila flooding less severe despite heavy rains

MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Metro Manila saw less severe flooding despite heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon in recent days. MMDA chair Romando Artes attributed this to preemptive drainage and waterway clearing efforts under the Marcos administration’s P2-billion Oplan Kontra Baha program. “There has been a significant improvement,”