Video.The Beeb wrote:In Manila, there is a thick coating of mud over everything the flood submerged
A thick layer of mud covers everything in Provident Village, Marikina City, one of the areas in the Philippine capital worst hit by the flooding.
The Marikina River broke its banks here and within minutes the streets became rivers, washing away everything in their path, destroying homes and businesses.
The water has receded but it has left behind cars turned upside down or tumbled one on top of another. Other vehicles have been picked up and flung into trees and buildings.
Debris from the flood is trapped in the overhead cables, showing how deep the water was at the height of the storm.
A bridge now high above the river which backs onto the main St Mary's Street, was clearly under water - its barrier is bent out of shape and the concrete has been damaged by the force of the water.
Focus on food
Despite the rain showers, which are still heavy if intermittent, hundreds of people are coming and going, trudging through the mud in flip flops or bare feet, collecting whatever they can from their shops and homes.
Almost 500,000 people fled as the worst of the storm hit on Saturday morning, but Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said they were now dealing with 60,000 displaced people.
"Relief efforts are going on at this time. We are trying to push basic needs out to the people as efficiently as we can," he said.
"The search and rescue effort in general is over, but we can't help to respond to calls - water levels rose again this afternoon, but the focus is on food, water, clothing and medicine."
Brand new rubber boats were being unwrapped and loaded onto military trucks at the bustling National Disaster Management Centre, but two helicopters remained on the ground for the time being, although they have been used to deliver aid.
'Scary storm'
A huge amount of water was dropped on Manila in just a few hours and it was the speed of the flood which took most people by surprise.
Many residents are angered by the slow pace of rescue and relief efforts
The local name for the typhoon was Ondoy (the international name was Ketsana). This is the season for tropical storms, and people here are used to them, but the intensity of the rainfall caught them unaware.
We spoke to Peggy Lotho, a 40-year-old mother of two who ran a women's clothes shop on St Mary's Street.
She was hosing down the mud and trying to salvage what she could. She said she had lost everything in the shop.
"When the storm hit it was scary - we could hear people shouting for help but couldn't get to them.
"All you can do is to pray and ask God for help. All these shops are retail, and we were not able to save anything. The things that we do have left are a mess," she said.
I have never seen anything like this happen in the Philippines before. Normally you see these kinds of things happen in horrible places like America, with those hurricanes and flooded cities and stuff, but for all the storms and stuff we've had, it's never been like this. Man, I don't think something like that has ever happened to Manila before - at least, not that HUEG.
On the news, there was this video of a bunch of people who were literally RIDING their houses because their houses were just huts and the remains of their rickety wooden houses were flowing downstream. The video just showed that, but my dad told me that those people riding the floating remains of their wooden houses being carried downstream fast ended up getting carried to a bridge and when they hit it... they went under the bridge and died.
Here it is.
Here is a video of stills, check 1:44.
Holy shit.
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- PeZook
