New habagat rains worse than storm 'Ondoy'

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - As much as 600 millimeters of rain fell on Manila Bay on August 18, a new record high, according to scientists.

The record-high rains were spawned by the southwest monsoon, or habagat, intensified by storm Maring.
Rainfall accumulation for 18 August 2013 derived by Filipino Scientist, Irene Crisologo, using Doppler radar.