sentences:  As a result, widespread heavy rains impacted regions still recovering from deadly floods triggered by Typhoon Saola less than a week earlier.During a 22‑hour span from 6–7 August, of rain fell in parts of Metro Manila, leading local media to compare the event to Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, which killed 464 in the city.Some of the most severe flooding took place along the Marikina River, which swelled to near-record levels.