WORST DISASTER IN the PHILIPPINES this year 2009
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'Ondoy' leaves 95 dead; 247,555 affected by floods (The Philippine Star) Updated September 28, 2009 12:00 AM
Residents of Barangay De Castro head for high ground during flooding along Ortigas Extension in Pasig City yesterday. Joven Cagande
MANILA, Philippines - Tropical storm “Ondoy” (international codename: Ketsana) left the country yesterday, leaving behind a trail of 95 people dead, 29 missing, and some 247,555 affected families.
The figures, however, could go higher as reports from the provinces have yet to reach the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) as of press time.
Rescuers struggled through heavy traffic and darkness of the night to bring residents of flood-stricken areas, who were perched on their roofs carrying their children and cherished possessions, to safer grounds.
Images of onrushing mud and stranded people clinging to corrugated rooftops filled television screens broadcasting the events in real time.
Some individuals were even seen holding signs in a desperate attempt to call the attention of military helicopters hovering above waterlogged cities.
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this is really sad....hope SG is sending relief...
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The U.N. says it's sending relief but until now it's delayed.
When the next disasters happened in Indonesia earthquake.
Vietnam,and the rest of IndoChina is also now devastated
by the same typhoon.
