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By Hayley Bennett – Science Focus
In the cities of Navotas and Malabon in the densely populated area of northern Metropolitan Manila in the Philippines, flooding has become common.
So much so, in fact, that the country’s distinctive jeepney vehicles (elaborately decorated buses) are now made from stainless steel to prevent corrosion by seawater. The streets have been repeatedly elevated too, to the point that some are now higher than people’s doors.
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