My heart goes out to the hundreds of thousands of Filipino families displaced, people killed and others missing, and a lot of stranded countrymen – after the onslaught of tropical storm Ondoy that left Metro Manila submerged in water after 6 hours of continuous downpour, literally turning it into waterworld. The heavy rains brought heartbreaking aftermath and devastation not only to Metro Manila but also to some parts of Luzon.
We were fortunate in our village in Las Pinas that it only reached gutter-deep water level but a few meters down the road, my friends’ house near the creek, was soaked in thigh-high water level. Fortunately, the only problem to be managed in our home was the mid-calf deep water in our laundry area. My hubby scooped bucket fulls of water to prevent it from entering our kitchen area. Our house is located in an elevated level of the subdivision, quite far from the creek that fortunately unscathed us from the devastating rains of Ondoy.
Unfortunately, i heard news that some of my office colleagues’ house in Pasig, Q.C., and Paranaque were submerged in 2-storey high and chest-deep water. Even our relatives’ house in San Mateo, Rizal were not spared from the flooding as the water level also rose chest-high. We can’t contact them still and I really hope and pray that they are okay.
Glad that you guys are ok. kawawa ulit sila jhed.
pls we need present updates about the victims and release of relief goods to all our kababayans.
requested by: Asociacion Filipina de Madrid – we cordinate with local government here in spain. thru AECID (agencia española en cooperacion internacional y desarrollo) was release almost 1 million euros asignated for different ONG´s like Red Cross and Ayuda Contra el Hambre and to the regional government (Comunidad de Madrid) which also send 120 portable or instant houses and other inmediate basic necesities received by DSWD.