- Areas are being evacuated after river levels rise and a reservoir overflows
- The authorities have issued a red alert for the metropolitan Manila
- The stock exchange is closed and some train services are suspended
(CNN) -- Flood waters were rising in parts of the Philippine capital on Tuesday as torrential rains that have killed more than 50 people in recent weeks continued to drench the country.
In several areas, the water was waste deep, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said in its Twitter feed.
Deep water in many parts of metropolitan Manila blocked roads and crept up to the doorways of people's homes. In at least one area of Quezon City, the water exceeded human height, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said.
Local officials were urging residents to relocate from affected neighborhoods. The authorities in Marikina City imposed a forced evacuation of areas near the Marikina River, which has risen above critical levels, the state-run Philippines News Agency (PNA) reported.
Typhoon, tropical storm hit Asia The dam on the La Mesa Reservoir near Quezon City began overflowing on Monday night, sending more water toward low-lying areas, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.
Typhoon Saola batters Taiwan The population of the metropolitan Manila region is nearly 12 million, according to a census taken in 2010. Infrastructure is poor and poverty is widespread in the region. Many people live in crowded neighborhoods full of badly constructed houses.
The rain and floods prompted the Philippine Stock Exchange to close Tuesday and the Philippine National Railways to suspend its provincial and commuter services, according to the PNA.
CNN's Alex Zolbert, Jethro Mullen and Anjali Tsui contributed to this report.
