Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar were determined to walk down the aisle on their wedding day. Even if it meant walking down a flooded one.

A tropical storm that has been sweeping through South East Asia intensified monsoon rains in the Philippines. This in turn caused houses to collapse in a storm surge in the southern coastal village of Tubig Tanah on 20 July.

Manila: Two cyclones are now within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) as a low-pressure area near Northern Luzon developed into Tropical Depression Emong on Wednesday, July 23. It follows Dante (international name: Francisco), which formed earlier off Aurora on Tuesday, July 22.

The photos from their wedding show both the groom and bride's side standing in flooded waters to attend the ceremony. Dressed in a white wedding gown, Aguilar waded through the water to walk the aisle with her wedding train floating behind her.

MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr flew to Washington on Sunday (July 20), hoping to turn warm diplomatic ties with the US into tangible economic gains.

An arcade in the Philippines earned a Guinness World Record by installing the world's largest claw machine, which encompasses an area of 1,761 cubic feet.

Tropical storm Wipha weakened after making landfall in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, with authorities on alert due to heavy rains that could cause flooding and mudslides, as the Philippines struggled with monsoon downpours that began last week.