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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Photos from Philippines

My dad received these photos from an email from a colleague residing in the Philippines.

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People are stranded in Cainta, province of Rizal, eastern Manila.



Residents clamber on electric wires to stay out of floodwaters while others wade neck-deep in Cainta Rizal, east of Manila


Residents wait to be evacuated from a partially submerged house during flooding in Bocaue, north of Manila.


A Philippine Air Force aerial shot shows damaged houses in Marikina City, Metro Manila. More than 70 people were killed, Manila was blacked out and airline flights were suspended as a powerful tropical storm battered the main Philippines island of Luzon.


An aerial view aboard a Philippine Air Force chopper shows devastation brought by Tropical Storm Ketsana (Ondoy) in Cainta, province of Rizal, eastern Manila.


Aida De Leon grieve in Pasig City, East of Manila.


A boy is lifted onto the roof of a building to escape the flooding in the Quezon City suburban of Manila. Nearly a month's worth of rain fell in just six hours Saturday, triggering the worst flooding in the Philippine capital in 42 years, which stranded thousands on rooftops in the city and elsewhere.

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Keep them in your thoughts and do help out these neighbours of ours, as much as you can.

Please refer to two posts down for details.

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