- Rain is forecast for a fifth day in a row
- The death toll jumps to 60
- A recent tropical storm exacerbated the usual monsoon rains
- The rains have also caused heavy flooding
(CNN) -- The death toll from five days of heavy rains and floods in the Philippines jumped to 60 on Friday, disaster officials said, with the forecast calling for even more showers across the main island of Luzon.
Most of the deaths were from drowning, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. Others died from electrocution or in landslides associated with the rain and floods.
While it is the summer monsoon season in the Philippines, the rain and flooding were exacerbated by recent Tropical Storm Haikui, the Philippines weather service said. Haikui made landfall on the east coast of China early Wednesday.
The disaster council forecast rain over most parts of Luzon, home to the country's capital of Manila, on Friday. Rain in north and central Luzon may trigger flash floods and landslides, it said.
A man crosses the floodwaters on a rope in Pasig City, east of Manila, Philippines, on Thursday, August 9. Authorities appealed Thursday for help in getting relief to 2 million people affected by deadly floods in and around the capital, warning that evacuation centers were overwhelmed. 
A road was wiped out by flash flooding in Antipolo City, east of Manila. 
Residents wade through floodwaters caused by monsoon rains in Catmon, Malabon, north of metro Manila. 
Children slog through floodwaters in Pasig City, east of Manila. 
Residents move through chest-high floodwaters in Marikina City, east of Manila. 
Flood victims rest on an inflated bed on Thursday at a flooded school turned into a temporary evacuation center. 
A Department of National Defense aerial photograph shows floodwaters in Navotas city, north of Manila, on Wednesday, August 8. 
Residents of Marikina City in suburban Manila fill a school building serving as a flood evacuation center on Thursday. 
Flood victims take shelter in a church used as an evacuation center in Quezon City, suburban Manila. 
Weary crowds gathered to receive relief goods Thursday from the evacuation center based at the Nangka Elementary School in Marikina. 
Rain continued to falls as flood victims line up to receive relief goods at the Marikina evacuation center. 
Philippine police rescue teams prepare boats to evacuate residents in a suburb of Manila. 
Rescue workers help people return to their home near a river that overflowed in the Manila suburb of San Mateo, Rizal. 
A boy stands on a basketball backboard among flooded homes in San Mateo, Rizal. 
Residents commute through floodwaters in Cainta town in Rizal province, on Thursday. 
Philippines army soldiers assist people during heavy rains north of Manila on Wednesday, August 8. 
A group of Filipino farm workers huddles beneath a bridge north of Manila on Wednesday. Flooding caused by 10 days of torrential rains, worsened by the overflowing of three dams, has paralyzed 80% of the city. More than 70 people have died and 263,000 residents have been displaced. 
Houses swamped by floodwaters in Bulacan province, north of Manila, in an aerial photograph released by the Department of National Defense on Wednesday. 
Filipino flood evacuees crowd around a truck giving out donated bread at an evacuation center in Marikina City, east of Manila. 
A child, one of the thousands of residents affected by the severe floodings, sleeps next to the family's dog at a temporary evacuation center. 
Residents use a coffin as a boat in floodwaters in Quezon city, Metro Manila. 
Residents are evacuated from their flooded homes in the village of Tumana, Marikina town, in suburban Manila. 
Residents cross floodwaters Wednesday during heavy flooding in Manila. 
A Manila resident pulls his dog to a rooftop refuge. More than 800,000 people in and around the Philippines capital battle deadly floods as more rain falls, with neck-deep waters trapping both slum dwellers and the wealthy elite on rooftops. 
Residents look at vehicles washed up by floodwaters. 
Displaced residents rest at an evacuation center inside a church in suburban Manila. 
Volunteers bag relief goods for flood victims in Bulacan, north of Manila. 
Rescuers maneuver down a flooded street as they evacuate residents in the village of Tumana in suburban Manila on Tuesday, August 7, after torrential rains inundated most of the capital. 
Aaron Demesa, an iReporter, took this image Tuesday of the North Luzon Expressway in the Manila village of Balintawak. 
A man tries to cross floodwaters by following a rope as other residents wait on their roofs in Manila. 
Residents wait for family members to be rescued at the end of a flooded street in the village of Tumana, a suburb of Manila on Tuesday, August 7. 
A resident pushes his bicycle through floodwaters in Quezon City in suburban Manila. 
A man clutches a pole in floodwaters after a river overflowed following torrential rain in Manila. 
A rescuer guides a man carrying his daughter on his back through a strong current. 
Motorists and passengers are trapped on the North Luzon Expressway as heavy rains continue Tuesday in Valenzuela City. 
Two men hang onto a basketball hoop in deep floodwaters in Manila. 
Rescuers dig through the rubble of a landslide caused by flooding as they try to rescue victims in Quezon City in suburban Manila. 
Rescue workers prepare to unload residents in the village of Tumana after their homes were flooded. 
Residents seek shelter on the roofs of their homes as floodwaters continue to rise in Manila. 
Residents wait on the roofs of buildings as rescuers make their way down a flooded street in Tumana. 
Rescuers in rubber boats evacuate residents from their homes in Tumana. 
Philippines capital still paralyzed by deadly flood More than 2.4 million people in 144 municipalities have been affected by the weather so far, it said, and more than 3,100 homes have been damaged.
More rain pours down on Manila The latest downpours came on top of days of rain that had already drenched the area, with August generally the wettest month of the year. Heavy wind and rain in the past few weeks already left 53 people dead.
Deadly flooding paralyzes Manila It could take days or even weeks for the waters to recede in the lower-lying areas, CNN forecaster Mari Ramos said. There could also be further flooding "downstream" as the water drains through the flood plain in the southern portions of metro Manila near Laguna de Bay.
Philippines braces for more flooding This is an area that frequently suffers from serious flooding and was one of the hardest hit during the historic flooding that came with Tropical Storm Ketsana (local name Ondoy) in 2009, Ramos said.
The Philippines had already been lashed by heavy rain and wind in recent weeks resulting from Tropical Storm Saola, which plowed past it before hitting Taiwan and China at the end of last week.
In December, Tropical Storm Washi left more than 1,200 people dead after it set off flash floods that swept away entire villages in the southern Philippines.
