Hundreds Wait for Rescue in Flooded Philippine Towns

MANILA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of homeless Filipinos Saturday wait on rooftops, bridges or simply hold on to a rope as the government sent rafts, rubber boats to reach the submerged towns and villages to the west of the Philippine capital one day after the strike of tropical storm Kestana. Hundreds remain on rooftops in Marikina city, the western suburban of Metro Manila and Rizal province as heavy rainfall rendered the areas into a huge lake, with roofs popping out of water here and there, a Xinhua stringer aboard the Air Force helicopter saw.