Story highlights The death toll climbs to 19

More than 3,000 homes have been damaged in the rains

Flooding forces hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes

More torrential rains Wednesday prevent people from starting the clean-up

Thursday brought no break from the rain for nearly 2 million people in the Philippines, where a monsoon has caused heavy flooding, evacuations, and at least 19 deaths, disaster officials said.

Frequent rains over the main island of Luzon, where the capital is located, may trigger flash floods and landslides, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were forecast for the southern island of Mindanao and for the Visayas islands south of Luzon.

The number of people killed in the rains since Monday rose to 19 on Thursday, the disaster council said. Most were victims of a landslide in the Manila suburb of Quezon City; others died of drowning or electrocution. Three others are missing, the council said.

More than 3,000 homes have been damaged in the rains, it said.

While it is the summer monsoon season in the Philippines, the rain and flooding were exacerbated by recent Tropical Storm Haikui, the Philippines weather service said. Haikui made landfall on the east coast of China early Wednesday.

Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Filipino students walk on a footbridge on a road that remains flooded a week after heavy monsoon rains in Taguig City, south of Manila, Philippines, August 16, 2012. A tropical storm hit the Northern Luzon, bringing days of wet weather to a region still recovering from massive flooding. According to the Office of Civil Defense, the floods have left at least 96 people dead and affected up to 2.68 million people. Hide Caption 1 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Filipino residents reinforce a footbridge on a flooded road. Last week's deluge was the worst to hit Manila and surrounding areas since 2009, when Tropical Storm Ketsana caused flash floods that left hundreds dead or missing. Hide Caption 2 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Filipinos rest on a footbridge above the flooded road. Hide Caption 3 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Filipino Nelia Lasona walks along a footbridge. Hide Caption 4 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A girl is submerged in the water outside her home next to the swollen Pampanga River on Wednesday, August 15, in Bulacan, Philippines. Hide Caption 5 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Antonio Navarro Sambiilay bathes inside his flooded home in Bulacan, Philippines. Hide Caption 6 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A flood victim sits at a crowded evacuation center in a neighborhood covered in water in Bulacan. Hide Caption 7 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Displaced flood victims pack a crowded evacuation center in a flooded neighborhood. Hide Caption 8 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Locals lift the casket of Nelida Gregorio, 89, who died of a heart attack, into a grave site in a flooded cemetery. Hide Caption 9 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Vehicles traverse a road eroded by heavy rains along the national highway in Trinidad, Benguet province, north of Manila. Two people were killed as another tropical storm swept across the Philippines on August 15, triggering landslides in the mountainous north and dumping more heavy rain on the flood-battered capital. Hide Caption 10 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Precy Magtalas holds her daughter Kristine outside their home next to the Pampanga River. Hide Caption 11 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Leo Sampilay, his wife, Anna, and 1-year-old daughter, Kim, sit in their home in a flooded province in Bulacan, Philippines. Hide Caption 12 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A woman lights her flooded home with a candle in Bulacan. Hide Caption 13 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – People walk along a flooded street as more rain falls in the flooded region on Tuesday, August 14, in Bulacan. Hide Caption 14 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Mothers carry their children through a flooded street. Hide Caption 15 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A man stands in a flooded street in Bulacan on Tuesday, August 14, as more rain falls on the region. Hide Caption 16 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Children look out from their home Tuesday as more rain falls in the flooded coastal region in Bulacan. Hide Caption 17 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – People with dengue fever rest Tuesday at a hospital in Manila. Hide Caption 18 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Displaced flood victims sleep at a crowded evacuation shelter in Manila on Monday, August 13. Hide Caption 19 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Lornitas Calub hugs her grandson at a crowded evacuation shelter in Manila on Monday. Hide Caption 20 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – iReporter Reynaldo Cedilla captured this image of the heavy flooding in Manila, Philippines. "Underpasses were not passable to any type of vehicles due to the high water level. In the streets there were waist and knee deep floodwaters. ... Stranded locals tried to wade through it despite the danger," he said. Hide Caption 21 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Flood victims use candles for light as they cook dinner at a crowded evacuation center on Saturday, August 11, in Manila, Philippines. Hide Caption 22 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A flood victim holds his son at a crowded evacuation center in Manila. Hide Caption 23 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents of the Tomana slum in the Manila suburb of Marikina stand inside their home after water finally recedes. Hide Caption 24 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Flood victims clean their goods outside their house after water receded from their homes in the river bank slum. Hide Caption 25 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A man uses a bicycle to transport a sofa chair in Tomana slum following floods that submerged 80% of Manila. Hide Caption 26 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A family gathers on the roof of a home in Calumpit town, north of Manila. Hide Caption 27 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents commute Saturday along a flooded stretch of road in Calumpit. Hide Caption 28 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Children play at an evacuation center at a municipal building Friday in the township of Paombong on the outskirts of Manila. Hide Caption 29 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A pedicab driver sleeps on his vehicle along a flooded street in Manila. Hide Caption 30 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A woman holds a crying baby as she and thousands of flood victims line up for food relief at a municipal building in Paombong. Hide Caption 31 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Philippine army corp engineers clear mud and debris from a street in a Manila suburb on Friday, August 10, after days of heavy rain and flooding. Hide Caption 32 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents line up for relief goods to arrive Friday in Malabon, a suburb of Manila. It's monsoon season in the Philippines, but the recent Tropical Storm Haikui has exacerbated the rain and flooding. Hide Caption 33 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A girl eyes floodwaters Friday from a restaurant in Apalit outside Manila. Hide Caption 34 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A resident cleans her mud-stained belongings Friday in suburban Manila. The weather has affected more than 2.4 million people, officials said. Hide Caption 35 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Filipinos step down from a truck Friday after crossing through floodwaters in Apalit outside Manila. Hide Caption 36 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A resident shovels mud from his house Friday in the village of Tumana. Hide Caption 37 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Philippine army corp engineers help residents clean streets Friday in a Manila suburb. It may take weeks for waters to recede in the lower-lying areas, forecasters say. Hide Caption 38 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Thousands line up for food relief Friday in Paombong outside Manila. Hide Caption 39 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A man crosses the floodwaters on a rope in Pasig City, east of Manila, on Thursday, August 9. Hide Caption 40 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A road was wiped out by flash flooding in Antipolo City, east of Manila. Hide Caption 41 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents wade through floodwaters caused by monsoon rains in Catmon, Malabon, north of metro Manila. Hide Caption 42 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Children slog through floodwaters in Pasig City, east of Manila. Hide Caption 43 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents move through chest-high floodwaters in Marikina City, east of Manila. Hide Caption 44 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Flood victims rest on an inflated bed on Thursday at a flooded school turned into a temporary evacuation center. Hide Caption 45 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A Department of National Defense aerial photograph shows floodwaters in Navotas city, north of Manila, on Wednesday, August 8. Hide Caption 46 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents of Marikina City in suburban Manila fill a school building serving as a flood evacuation center on Thursday. Hide Caption 47 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Flood victims take shelter in a church used as an evacuation center in Quezon City, suburban Manila. Hide Caption 48 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Weary crowds gathered to receive relief goods Thursday from the evacuation center based at the Nangka Elementary School in Marikina. Hide Caption 49 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Rain continued to falls as flood victims line up to receive relief goods at the Marikina evacuation center. Hide Caption 50 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Philippine police rescue teams prepare boats to evacuate residents in a suburb of Manila. Hide Caption 51 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Rescue workers help people return to their home near a river that overflowed in the Manila suburb of San Mateo, Rizal. Hide Caption 52 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A boy stands on a basketball backboard among flooded homes in San Mateo, Rizal. Hide Caption 53 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents commute through floodwaters in Cainta town in Rizal province, on Thursday. Hide Caption 54 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Philippines army soldiers assist people during heavy rains north of Manila on Wednesday, August 8. Hide Caption 55 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A group of Filipino farm workers huddles beneath a bridge north of Manila on Wednesday. Flooding caused by 10 days of torrential rains, worsened by the overflowing of three dams, has paralyzed 80% of the city. More than 70 people have died and 263,000 residents have been displaced. Hide Caption 56 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Houses swamped by floodwaters in Bulacan province, north of Manila, in an aerial photograph released by the Department of National Defense on Wednesday. Hide Caption 57 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Filipino flood evacuees crowd around a truck giving out donated bread at an evacuation center in Marikina City, east of Manila. Hide Caption 58 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A child, one of the thousands of residents affected by the severe floodings, sleeps next to the family's dog at a temporary evacuation center. Hide Caption 59 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents use a coffin as a boat in floodwaters in Quezon city, Metro Manila. Hide Caption 60 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents are evacuated from their flooded homes in the village of Tumana, Marikina town, in suburban Manila. Hide Caption 61 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents cross floodwaters Wednesday during heavy flooding in Manila. Hide Caption 62 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A Manila resident pulls his dog to a rooftop refuge. More than 800,000 people in and around the Philippines capital battle deadly floods as more rain falls, with neck-deep waters trapping both slum dwellers and the wealthy elite on rooftops. Hide Caption 63 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents look at vehicles washed up by floodwaters. Hide Caption 64 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Displaced residents rest at an evacuation center inside a church in suburban Manila. Hide Caption 65 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Volunteers bag relief goods for flood victims in Bulacan, north of Manila. Hide Caption 66 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Rescuers maneuver down a flooded street as they evacuate residents in the village of Tumana in suburban Manila on Tuesday, August 7, after torrential rains inundated most of the capital. Hide Caption 67 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Aaron Demesa, an iReporter, took this image Tuesday of the North Luzon Expressway in the Manila village of Balintawak. Hide Caption 68 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A man tries to cross floodwaters by following a rope as other residents wait on their roofs in Manila. Hide Caption 69 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Residents wait for family members to be rescued at the end of a flooded street in the village of Tumana, a suburb of Manila on Tuesday, August 7. Hide Caption 70 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A resident pushes his bicycle through floodwaters in Quezon City in suburban Manila. Hide Caption 71 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A man clutches a pole in floodwaters after a river overflowed following torrential rain in Manila. Hide Caption 72 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – A rescuer guides a man carrying his daughter on his back through a strong current. Hide Caption 73 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Motorists and passengers are trapped on the North Luzon Expressway as heavy rains continue Tuesday in Valenzuela City. Hide Caption 74 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Two men hang onto a basketball hoop in deep floodwaters in Manila. Hide Caption 75 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Flooding in the Philippines – Rescuers dig through the rubble of a landslide caused by flooding as they try to rescue victims in Quezon City in suburban Manila. Hide Caption 76 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Floodwaters rise around Philippines capital – Rescue workers prepare to unload residents in the village of Tumana after their homes were flooded. Hide Caption 77 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Floodwaters rise around Philippines capital – Residents seek shelter on the roofs of their homes as floodwaters continue to rise in Manila. Hide Caption 78 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Floodwaters rise around Philippines capital – Residents wait on the roofs of buildings as rescuers make their way down a flooded street in Tumana. Hide Caption 79 of 80 Photos: Flooding in the Philippines Floodwaters rise around Philippines capital – Rescuers in rubber boats evacuate residents from their homes in Tumana. Hide Caption 80 of 80

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The latest downpours came on top of days of rain that had already drenched the area, with August generally the wettest month of the year. Heavy wind and rain in the past few weeks already left 53 people dead.

As of 6 a.m. Thursday, more than 450,000 families -- or nearly 2 million people -- were affected by the rains and floods, the disaster council said.

It recorded "severe" flooding in 89 municipalities.

Some of the Manila region's 12 million residents returned to work Wednesday, with some stores reopening and heavy congestion on the sodden roads, but the real clean-up is expected to start Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of people are now in emergency shelters, and it may be a while before they can safely leave, CNN forecaster Mari Ramos said.

An additional concern is that the water will take days, or perhaps weeks, to recede in the lower-lying areas, she said. There could also be further flooding "downstream" as the water drains through the flood plain in the southern portions of metro Manila near Laguna de Bay.

This is an area that frequently suffers from serious flooding and was one of the hardest hit during the historic flooding that came with Tropical Storm Ketsana (local name Ondoy) in 2009, Ramos said.

In an effort to save lives and make way for rescue and relief efforts, government offices and schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday, the office of President Benigno Aquino said. Some schools will remain closed Thursday, PNA reported.

The Philippines had already been lashed by heavy rain and wind in recent weeks resulting from Tropical Storm Saola, which plowed past it before hitting Taiwan and China at the end of last week.

In December, Tropical Storm Washi left more than 1,200 people dead after it set off flash floods that swept away entire villages in the southern Philippines.