The Coast Guard took a picture of several buildings damaged after the super typhoon ravaged a region for 3 hours non-stop. On tv, they showed roofs from houses being blown away like paper as strong winds blew and rain poured hard over the whole region.
To make conditions worse, mudflow came from the volcano that erupted some weeks back. Houses in some areas were buried in mud and water. As of this writing, there are about 400 dead and hundreds still missing.
Organizations have set aside preparations for their charitable activities for Christmas to prioritize the campaign to aid victims from the recent typhoon. Many have hardly recovered from the super typhoon that hit Manila last October. Government has already ordered the release of emergency funds to help support the victims and to restore the badly damaged region. It will take months, maybe years to recover from what they had just gone through.
I can only be thankful that the typhoon had shifted direction and didn't hit Manila a second time. Yes, my family was spared from the wrath of another typhoon...but not other families. I can't begin to imagine how these people are feeling and going through now... being left homeless, losing loved ones, losing everything...and Christmas just days away. Indeed we all have something to be grateful for. And we never should forget others who are less fortunate...even in our prayers.
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And we never should forget others who are less fortunate...even in our prayers. I could not agree more.
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