A woman is seen through a soccer goal post as she hangs clothes out to dry inside a stadium to which evacuees affected by floods from Typhoon Ketsana have been temporarily relocated, Oct. 24, 2009. They have been provided tents by the local government in Marikina City, east of Metro Manila. (John Javellana/Reuters)

Storm may be over, but trouble still brews

An outbreak of a water-borne disease in the Philippines highlights the inability of communities to cope with the storm's aftermath.

By Carlos H. Conde
Published: October 28, 2009 05:53 ET

MANILA, Philippines — Nearly a month since a tropical storm dumped unprecedented amounts of rain that flooded much of Metro Manila and its nearby provinces, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos are still suffering from its aftermath, particularly from an outbreak of a water-borne disease called leptospirosis that has killed so far 167 people and infected thousands.

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