A military truck
carries victims to
an evacuation
center extent of the
devastation from
Saturday's floods
comes into view.
carries victims to
an evacuation
center extent of the
devastation from
Saturday's floods
comes into view.
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Victims shocked but grateful to be alive
There's not much we can say except 'Thank you Lord'
MANILA
With only the clothes on their backs, victims of Saturday's killer floods were
grateful just to have survived as they began rebuilding their lives.
"There's nothing much you can say except 'Thank you Lord for keeping us
alive'," said Cresencio Temeldan after emerging from the disaster with nothing
except his family.
"I heard that many of our neighbors have died and many are missing," he said.
Officials put the death toll at more than 240 with scores missing.
MANILA
With only the clothes on their backs, victims of Saturday's killer floods were
grateful just to have survived as they began rebuilding their lives.
"There's nothing much you can say except 'Thank you Lord for keeping us
alive'," said Cresencio Temeldan after emerging from the disaster with nothing
except his family.
"I heard that many of our neighbors have died and many are missing," he said.
Officials put the death toll at more than 240 with scores missing.
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We can finally
go home again
... We don't have
to fear anything
in the middle of
the night
go home again
... We don't have
to fear anything
in the middle of
the night
Relief officials said the exact
number will not be known for
sometime as they await for
reports from disaster agencies.
A brief sunshine lifted the gloom
on city and for the first time, and
residents had a semblance of
normalcy as they began
salvaging their belongings from
the mud.
Floodwaters have receded in
most areas but were still
knee-deep in others.
Still, Mario Carbonell said it was
a good sign.
"We can finally go home again,"
he said. "We don't have to fear
anything in the middle of the
night."
Many of the dead were washed
away by the rampaging rivers
number will not be known for
sometime as they await for
reports from disaster agencies.
A brief sunshine lifted the gloom
on city and for the first time, and
residents had a semblance of
normalcy as they began
salvaging their belongings from
the mud.
Floodwaters have receded in
most areas but were still
knee-deep in others.
Still, Mario Carbonell said it was
a good sign.
"We can finally go home again,"
he said. "We don't have to fear
anything in the middle of the
night."
Many of the dead were washed
away by the rampaging rivers
and many more died by electrocution, including an antire family in the
Marikina-Antipolo area, reports said.
Typhoon Ondoy dumped more than a month's worth of rain in just 12 hours,
causing the government to declare a “state of calamity” in metropolitan Manila
and 25 storm-hit provinces.
The declaration allowed officials to use emergency funds for relief and rescue.
The rains swamped entire towns and set off landslides. First reports said at
least 83 people dead and 23 others missing. Garbage-choked drains and
waterways, along with high tide, compounded the flooding, officials said.
More than 330,000 people were affected by storm, including some 59,000
people who were brought to about 100 schools, churches and other
evacuation shelters, AP quoted an officials saying
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said tha, army troops, police and civilian
volunteers have rescued more than 5,100 people.
"We're back to zero," said Marikina resident Ronald Manlangit. Still he
expressed relief that he managed to move all his children to the second floor
of his house Saturday as floodwaters engulfed the ground floor.
Mud covered everything — cars, the road and vegetables in a public market
near Manlangit's house.
Marikina-Antipolo area, reports said.
Typhoon Ondoy dumped more than a month's worth of rain in just 12 hours,
causing the government to declare a “state of calamity” in metropolitan Manila
and 25 storm-hit provinces.
The declaration allowed officials to use emergency funds for relief and rescue.
The rains swamped entire towns and set off landslides. First reports said at
least 83 people dead and 23 others missing. Garbage-choked drains and
waterways, along with high tide, compounded the flooding, officials said.
More than 330,000 people were affected by storm, including some 59,000
people who were brought to about 100 schools, churches and other
evacuation shelters, AP quoted an officials saying
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said tha, army troops, police and civilian
volunteers have rescued more than 5,100 people.
"We're back to zero," said Marikina resident Ronald Manlangit. Still he
expressed relief that he managed to move all his children to the second floor
of his house Saturday as floodwaters engulfed the ground floor.
Mud covered everything — cars, the road and vegetables in a public market
near Manlangit's house.
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