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RARE PHOTOS: Philippine flooding centre stage at marcos state of nation speech | Rare Historical Photos

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos leaned heavily into domestic issues at his third state of the nation address (Credit: AFP)

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos blasted "useless and crumbling" flood control projects in a state of the nation address Monday that focused on domestic issues after a months-long feud with his vice president.

Addressing a joint session of Congress after days of rain that left at least 31 dead, Marcos repeated his recent warning that the nation faced a climate change-driven "new normal", while pledging to investigate publicly funded projects that had failed.

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