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I am genuinely concerned, so many deaths, including those of children not even reaching the age of 7. This is terribly heart-breaking.

News have been reporting that the amount of rain we've received over the span of a little bit more than 24 hours amounts to about 30 days of non-stop downpour.

I guess we couldn't counter the amount of rain, but we could control the floods right? Even gradeschoolers know that the answer to floods are TREES; that they absorb the extra water (hint: possible flood).

I'm scared that we might have been experiencing Mother Nature's wrath for these past two days. Years of abuse and torment probably lead to this.. Abusive tree cutting, unmindful and careless throwing of garbage.. I guess she had enough.

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This is scary.

This is actually in our Village, posted online by Celina Ann Natanauan Chan

This is in the village adjacent to ours; they've got it worse that what we had:[ Photo by Celina Ann Natanauan Chan

One of the most prestigious universities wasn't exempt from the wrath of Ondoy

This picture brings flashes to my mind. Earlier, in the news, a footage of preteens finding a safe place in the midst of the raging flood was shown..5 seconds into the clip, they just vanished, taken away from the eyes of the public, wiped away from the face of the earth. It's crazy how they had to experience this. I could just imagine finality they felt, probably thinking, "we're going to die, and we can't help it." THIS IS HORRIBLE. No one should ever ever go through this. NO ONE.

It's crazy how many people died or are dying from the pain of losing their loved ones.

Once again, we can offer our old things, or new things even. Give them food, whatever you want, but don't ever forget to PRAY.