Posts Tagged ‘ ondoy ’

Tomorrow it will be the third week after Ondoy has brought a lot of rain in the Manilla area. At this moment several parts along Laguna bay are still flooded. According to authorities it might take another 6 to 8 weeks or longer for all the water to have gone. The problem is that Laguna...
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This will be my last post about the typhoon reports. Although the situation is far from restored, I will not write about this anymore. There’s not much I can add. It still hurts to see the many places which have been flooded and the places where the water still hasn’t been flow back and still...
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One week after Ondoy has brought a lot of dead and destroying a big part of the Philippines, the situation has changed, but not much yet. Affected people are burying their beloved ones, or searching for their missed children, parents, spouses or other relatives. At the same time they are cleaning their houses and properties, drying...
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Yesterday, September 30 my wife and I had to go to Quezon City. We were passing Marikina to go there. Half way we were ordered to take an other route because they had closed the road. Probably because this road was passing the part of Marikina (provident village) what has been flooded the worst. We...
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For those readers who like to read more about the dissaster in the Philippines I have selected a few articles from the internet. I am listing them here:
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Today we went to Cainta to visit some relatives of my wife, and to see the situation of one of the most affected areas. The way going there was not really difficult, but what we saw was a lot of debris, garbage and mud along the streets. People were cleaning their properties and put lots...
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Facts and stories: Most of the water has been gone now in the affected areas. Only in Pasig City there is still a lot of water more than 1 meter high. Other areas are relatively dry. Just a lot of mud, garbage and debris has to be cleaned from houses and streets. I have heard of...
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Written: September 26 around 6 PM. Due to heavy and continue rainfall from typhoon Ondoy (or Ketsana as it’s called international), the Philippine government declared the state of emergency in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces. Big parts of the metro and surrounding provinces are flooded because of heavy rainfall and flooded rivers and canals. The...
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