Quote Originally Posted by oj88 View Post
FWIW, most flooded areas nowadays do subside quickly. It's often just the initial heavy downpour that overwhelms the drainage systems. It's not to say that our flood control systems are perfect, rather, it has improved significantly relative to how they were before, IMO.
yes, it has improved.
when i was younger, flooded streets would have remained flooded for 1-2 days. nowadays, within 24 hours ay tuyo na.
before the reclamation of manila bay, when the flood control projects had just been finished, when one could already see the lapping waters off libertad street in pasay, floods would subside in just a few hours.