September 26th 2009, Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) made landfall in Luzon dumping over 12” of rain in 6 hrs on Manila and other parts of the National Capital Region.  This caused massive urban flooding, 280+ deaths, destroyed homes and shelters of millions of people.  Five days later, typhoon Pepeng (Parma) made landfall in northern Luzon, devastating agriculture in the Cagayan Valley.  It then hung around the north west coast m