A resident helps a woman evacuate during flooding in Bocaue outskirts beside a highway north of Manila September 26, 2009. Thousands of people in the Philippine capital and nearby towns were marooned by flashfloods after a strong typhoon hit the main island of Luzon on Saturday, disaster officials said. [Agencies]

Residents evacuate a child from a submerged house during flooding in Bocaue outskirts beside a highway north of Manila September 26, 2009. Thousands of people in the Philippine capital and nearby towns were marooned by flashfloods after a strong typhoon hit the main island of Luzon on Saturday, disaster officials said. [Agencies]