December 3, 2004
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maligayang pasko?
the last really bad storm in the philippines that i could remember were the two which struck on the first week of november, 2000. i couldn't forget that because that was when our house got flooded almost to the roof and when my lola died.
but the ones which struck recently are much worse. with christmas usually an occasion for a joyous family reunions, i think it is more painful to think that a lot of people won't have families to celebrate with but would instead have families to mourn for.
i know much has been said of the filipino's resilience and the ability to smile -- from the heart -- after a disaster and even through a disaster but with people gripped for months by a fiscal crisis and are now victims of the recent slew of natural disasters, i wonder if it would still be a maligayang pasko?
753 dead, 345 missing so far from 4 storms--officials
Updated 02:47pm (Mla time) Dec 03, 2004
Philippine rescuers have recovered 753 bodies following this week's storms in the northeast of the country, and 345 people are still missing, a military spokesman said Friday.
The latest casualties were caused by typhoon “Yoyong” (international codename: Nanmadol,) which passed through the northeast on Thursday. The civil defense office in Manila said the typhoon killed 35 people and left 13 others missing.
Most of the casualties were caused by a tropical storm, which swept through the northeastern coast of the main Philippine island of Luzon on Monday.
At least 688 bodies have been found in the towns of Real, Infanta and General Nakar, Colonel Jaime Buenaflor, the commander of military forces involved in the rescue attempts, told Agence France-Presse.
He said at least 330 other residents in the three towns were listed as missing.
The civil defense office said at least 30 people had been killed in other parts of the Philippines by Monday's storm.
(This story was taken from www.inq7.net)
Comments (1)
flashfloods and landslides are the major culprits... kalbo na kasi lahat ng bundok. grabe. it's depressing whenever i hear about it or see it in the news. we never learn.
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