Heavy flooding due to Ondoy
OMG.
Ondoy struck Manila and its surrounding areas mildly at first, last Friday evening. PAG-ASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophisical and Astronomical Services Association) gave a STORM SIGNAL #1 warning, which only tells people to be alert and not panic, so classes and work weren't suspended. The rain didn't stop pouring and, in fact, only poured harder (especially around 2pm Saturday), until Sunday early morning, around 2am. And even then, there were mild showers occuring on and off. There was flood on everything and everywhere.
I'm so lucky I managed to get home from school last Saturday, even if I got there soaking wet, and that I live in a condominium building. My father who drove me to school at 8:00am Saturday got home at around 12:30am-1:00am on Sunday. He got home safely though and the lobby and the basement (and the elevators) were the only places that got flooded in. The residential area (5th floor and above) weren't harmed, thank goodness. However, a lot of my friends, family, and loved ones were actually harmed by the flood.
Telephone, internet, cellphone signals and electricity were down. Some, like mine, only had no electricity for an hour or so during midnight (although our internet just came back only just a short while ago). Some even had their houses burned due to short-circuiting of certain electrical wires. (The water first served as a way for the short-circuiting and then as a conductor to the flammable items inside the houses.)
ONDOY VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puCELIedyO0&NR=1
This was in Katipunan, QC--the place where my school is. I left school around 12nn and commuted home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t77NYsflAY
Still somewhere around Katipunan. That is a van that got itself submerged in water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHxA0007Hh0
This is UERM, a hospital and medical school along Aurora Avenue. You can see the cars from the hospital's parking lot being swept away by the rushing water from the flood, one of which STILL had a passenger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnqU-BhIsM0
This is Eastwood, flooded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih08HnL7rGQ
Along Congressional.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48TIO8F8aWo
Chest-level flood in Mandaluyong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWO2G5gJDHo
Ondoy kills at least 5 people in Manila.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gihyt1MvVc
Pasig City.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVQTR1gqEFc
Makati City.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0UlIUKf_QQ
Semi-mild flooding in San Juan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-H3zJJk_EY
This is the Quezon Boulevard underpass, along Claro M. Recto Avenue. I actually passed through this road to get home last Saturday. When I passed through Recto Avenue, around 12nn, the water was around waist deep and I was holding my bag high above my head to keep my laptop from getting wet. The underpass is higher than two or even three cars combined and it was completely submerged under water around evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqAdaiCZBQ4
Marikina City was completely submerged too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaD0Pna4uv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GvrbCqNqk
People from Marikina went to Santolan station, one of the stations of the trains, and took refuge there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfmGwDBz8Q0
Situation at V. Mapa station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQq7c41U5E
Around 2pm, view from the train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piFgodJH1Dk
Manila viewed from a helicopter. You can only see the top of the roof of the houses and the brown flood water.
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs265.snc1/9235_161392319883_502629883_3605584_669946_n.jpg
One of my friend's house near Quezon City. As you can see, the water managed to reach up to around half of the ground floor of their house. That's just a semi-mild case. Some houses got totally submerged under the flood.
Please, pray for everyone that was harmed, one way or another, by Ondoy.
Ondoy struck Manila and its surrounding areas mildly at first, last Friday evening. PAG-ASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophisical and Astronomical Services Association) gave a STORM SIGNAL #1 warning, which only tells people to be alert and not panic, so classes and work weren't suspended. The rain didn't stop pouring and, in fact, only poured harder (especially around 2pm Saturday), until Sunday early morning, around 2am. And even then, there were mild showers occuring on and off. There was flood on everything and everywhere.
I'm so lucky I managed to get home from school last Saturday, even if I got there soaking wet, and that I live in a condominium building. My father who drove me to school at 8:00am Saturday got home at around 12:30am-1:00am on Sunday. He got home safely though and the lobby and the basement (and the elevators) were the only places that got flooded in. The residential area (5th floor and above) weren't harmed, thank goodness. However, a lot of my friends, family, and loved ones were actually harmed by the flood.
Telephone, internet, cellphone signals and electricity were down. Some, like mine, only had no electricity for an hour or so during midnight (although our internet just came back only just a short while ago). Some even had their houses burned due to short-circuiting of certain electrical wires. (The water first served as a way for the short-circuiting and then as a conductor to the flammable items inside the houses.)
ONDOY VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puCELIedyO0&NR=1
This was in Katipunan, QC--the place where my school is. I left school around 12nn and commuted home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t77NYsflAY
Still somewhere around Katipunan. That is a van that got itself submerged in water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHxA0007Hh0
This is UERM, a hospital and medical school along Aurora Avenue. You can see the cars from the hospital's parking lot being swept away by the rushing water from the flood, one of which STILL had a passenger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnqU-BhIsM0
This is Eastwood, flooded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih08HnL7rGQ
Along Congressional.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48TIO8F8aWo
Chest-level flood in Mandaluyong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWO2G5gJDHo
Ondoy kills at least 5 people in Manila.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gihyt1MvVc
Pasig City.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVQTR1gqEFc
Makati City.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0UlIUKf_QQ
Semi-mild flooding in San Juan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-H3zJJk_EY
This is the Quezon Boulevard underpass, along Claro M. Recto Avenue. I actually passed through this road to get home last Saturday. When I passed through Recto Avenue, around 12nn, the water was around waist deep and I was holding my bag high above my head to keep my laptop from getting wet. The underpass is higher than two or even three cars combined and it was completely submerged under water around evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqAdaiCZBQ4
Marikina City was completely submerged too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaD0Pna4uv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GvrbCqNqk
People from Marikina went to Santolan station, one of the stations of the trains, and took refuge there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfmGwDBz8Q0
Situation at V. Mapa station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQq7c41U5E
Around 2pm, view from the train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piFgodJH1Dk
Manila viewed from a helicopter. You can only see the top of the roof of the houses and the brown flood water.
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs265.snc1/9235_161392319883_502629883_3605584_669946_n.jpg
One of my friend's house near Quezon City. As you can see, the water managed to reach up to around half of the ground floor of their house. That's just a semi-mild case. Some houses got totally submerged under the flood.
Please, pray for everyone that was harmed, one way or another, by Ondoy.