Dozens killed in Philippines floods

My Dad had waist deep water at his place in Manila.  If anyone has seen US reports on the flood, send them my way.

 

I caught this report from the Financial Times:

Rescuers from the army and civilian agencies struggled for a second day on Sunday to reach flood victims in the Philippines after a tropical storm swept through the main island of Luzon, leaving at least 95 dead and temporarily displacing more than 337,000 people.

 

Hundreds of people remained stranded on rooftops of their flooded homes in several low-lying residential communities in the capital Manila as authorities scrambled to borrow or seek donations of motorised rubber boats to add to those being used by the navy, coast guard and local governments.

Government troops, the police and civilian volunteers had by Sunday night rescued more than 5,000 people. Some 68,550 people were being housed in 118 evacuation centres, the government’s disaster management agency said.

However, delays in the rescue of flood victims in the capital triggered a wave of public anger directed at the government and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who was already suffering from record-low popularity ratings.

Television reports showed people still on rooftops, waving and shouting for food, water and warm clothes, while army and civilian helicopters dropping food and relief goods. Radio and television stations were also airing messages and text messages from flood victims.

Posted via email from Jim Nichols