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 Station inside the compound of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in Quezon City from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. READ: Walang pasok: Class, work suspensions on Aug. 18 due to monsoon rain As it pointed out, back in 2009, when Tropical Storm […]...Keep on reading: Habagat dumps 201.7 mm of rain in 5 hours, close to Ondoy