Habagat dumps 201.7 mm of rain in 5 hours, close to Ondoy

MANILA, Philippines — The amount of rainfall brought by the southwest monsoon, or Habagat, reached 201.7 millimeters (mm) in only five hours on Monday, Aug. 17. READ: Gloring, Ondoy, Sendong: Storms that brought some of PH’s worst floods This was reported by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) based on data from the Science Garden