( CNN ) -- The fourth typhoon to hit the Philippines in a month came ashore east of the capital , Manila , on Saturday morning , bringing heavy rain , flooding , and washing away shanty houses near the coast . Typhoon Mirinae quickly moved west into the South China Sea and became a tropical storm . It was forecast to continue due west and then take a slight turn south , hitting Vietnam in about 48 hours , according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center . There were power flashes across Manila , as the storm hit Saturday and cut the electricity supply , videographer James Reynolds said . The storm was weaker than expected , he said , but it still brought fierce winds and lots of rain . `` The wind and the rain and the floods have still caused quite a considerable amount of damage , certainly in the southeastern portion of the city , which is where we were , '' Reynolds told CNN by phone from Manila . `` We saw many shanty-type houses that had been washed away and residents frantically try to get hold of their household material . '' Are you there ? Share photos , video of the weather . The storm dropped at least 85 millimeters ( 3.3 inches ) of rain on Manila . The city of Daet , on the eastern coast , received 149 millimeters ( 5.8 inches ) of rain , and Virac , which sits on an island that juts into the Pacific , received 72 millimeters ( 2.8 inches ) of rain . Watch water and wind pummel islands . The first of the four typhoons to batter the Philippines happened in late September , when Ketsana drenched the island nation with its heaviest rainfall in 40 years . Eighty percent of Manila flooded and more than 420 people died . See images from Mirinae . Flooding from Ketsana has lasted well into October , and tens of thousands of people are still in evacuation centers , according to the disaster coordinating council . On October 3 , Typhoon Parma made landfall in a rural region of fishermen and farmers in Luzon , the largest of the Philippine islands . It destroyed 55,000 houses and killed more than 430 people . Last week a third typhoon , Lupit , narrowly missed making landfall but still brought lots of rain to the Philippines .
Storm hits Saturday , cuts electricity supply , videographer says . Storm washes away many shanty houses near the coast . A third typhoon , Lupit narrowly missed making landfall last week .