At least 20 people perished from the latest round of flash flooding and mudslides across the sodden region.

The government disaster relief agency reported that at least 15 villages and districts in Metro Manila were submerged, some in waist-deep floodwaters.

The evacuation of about 115,000 people from low-lying areas is being credited for the relatively low death toll.

Nearly 1,000 people died in the Philippines during October as a result of Typhoon Ketsana, the worst to strike Luzon in 40 years, as well as two other storms.

Typhoon Mirinae passed over the South China Sea after drenching the Philippines over the weekend, reaching typhoon force once again just before making a second landfall in central Vietnam.

Officials there reported that about 100 people were killed and several others were injured in hardest-hit Phu Yen and Binh Dinh provinces.

The storm damaged nearly 2,500 homes, sank 27 boats and destroyed nearly 5,000 acres of crops, according to the Thanh Nien News.

Typhoon Mirinae Track

Satellite Loop Data: CIMSS