{"id":92423,"date":"2026-08-17T14:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/manila-floods-grind-traffic-to-a-standstill-amid-heavy-monsoon-rains\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:44:20","slug":"manila-floods-grind-traffic-to-a-standstill-amid-heavy-monsoon-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/manila-floods-grind-traffic-to-a-standstill-amid-heavy-monsoon-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila floods grind traffic to a standstill amid heavy monsoon rains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy downpours in Manila have submerged major and minor roads, bringing traffic to a near standstill and forcing commuters to <!--more--> wade through floodwater to reach the metro. Within 12 hours, 100 millimetres of rain fell, adding to a month and a half\u2019s worth of rainfall in just two weeks and prompting mid\u2011day cancellations of government work and classes. Two weather systems are intensifying monsoon rains, after Typhoon Dolphin triggered deadly landslides in Baguio. <\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s Barnaby Lo reports from Manila.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AJSubscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/AJSubscribe<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on X : <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish<\/a><br \/>\nFind us on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aljazeera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aljazeera<\/a><br \/>\nCheck our website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out our Instagram page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aljazeeraenglish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aljazeeraenglish\/<\/a><br \/>\nDownload AJE Mobile App: <a href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/AJEMobile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/aje.news\/AJEMobile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#Philippines #Manila #Floods #MonsoonRains #TyphoonDolphin #Baguio #Landslide #Climate #Commuters #AlJazeeraEnglish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy downpours in Manila have submerged major and minor roads, bringing traffic to a near standstill and forcing commuters to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}