Metro Manila Sinking, Expert SaysAll of the metropolitan area of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is sinking, an expert warned on Thursday. Friends Read FreeSaveResidents affected by floodings, ride on a boat as they survey their houses in Camp Lagoon in Baguio, Trinidad province, north of Manila on August 15, 2012, as tropical Storm Kai-tak hit the northeast of the main island of Luzon before dawn. ( JJLandingin/AFP/Getty Images)By Alex Johnston8/16/2012Updated: 10/1/2015Print