DELUGE IN THE RAIN SOAKED PHILIPPINES
As you may know, the main island of Luzon in the Philippines was greatly affected by a Back-to-Back Typhoons KETSANA (ONDOY) on September 26 and PARMA (PEPENG) on October 9. Driving rain on the heels of back-to-back storms triggered dozens of landslides burying more than 150 people, drowning over 500 people, washing away villages and leaving almost an entire area under water which is as high 12 feet. The latest deluge brought the death toll to nearly 700 from the Philippines' worst flooding in 40 years after storms started pounding the country's north on Sept. 26. About 4 million people have been affected by the disaster.
The people are calling this the Katrina of the Philippines. More than 50 provinces have declared a "state of calamity." Heavy rains flooded 80 percent of the capital city of Manila and almost 60% in Northern Luzon destroying houses and infrasturcture leaving behind tons of mud and debris. Houses were completely submerged.
Catholic Relief Services, together with its partner, CAritas Philippines, is providing thousands of homeless families with immediate food aid as well as blankets, mosquito nets, sleeping mats, soap, etc.
Please help by channeling your donation to:
OFFICE OF FINANCE
Archdicoese of Newark
P.O. Box 9500
Newark, NJ 07104-0500
Checks can be made payable to: ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK - PHILIPPINE RELIEF.
You may open these links to see some footages of the calamity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAI6YtYs8kM
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=parma+and+ketsana+in+Philipines&search_type=&aq=f
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V6uRHxtQUM
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Philippine+Ondoy&search_type=&aq=f>
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/173284/over-100-killed-and-almost-340000-affected-by-ondoy>
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