In the Philippines, the death toll from the devastating floods that hit Manila and nearby provinces has climbed to 100 with 32 people still missing, according to the latest update released by the authorities this afternoon. Another 451,000 had been forced out of their homes with 115,000 in evacuation centres. Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Ketsana flooded the capital, Manila, and 25 nearby provinces on Saturday. Eighty percent of the city was submerged with parts of Manila remaining still under water. Rescue workers struggled through knee-deep mud and putrid water today in a desperate effort to help nearly half a million people displaced by the floods. Soldiers, police, medics and a huge number of volunteers were involved in the effort to help flood victims. The head of the National Disaster Co-ordinating Council, Anthony Golez, said they are concentrating on massive relief operations, but resources were being spread too thinly. Saturday's disaster saw tropical storm Ketsana pound the heaviest rain in more than 40 years on Manila and neighbouring areas of Luzon island.