After spending almost 7-hours in the relative safety of my car in a luckily still-flood-free road, I was stunned to hear, read, and see the devastation brought about by Typhoon Ondoy. †At first I found it difficult to comprehend the messages flooding my Twitter account: flood water reaching 3rd floor of many houses? people in rooftops (including some known personalities)? SUVs carried by water current? †Cars stockpiled like match boxes? †Motorists drowned right inside their cars?
But by now I know that all of these are for real. †And even as more photos and video clips are flooding Social Media and You Tube, I know that even at this very moment various life-and-death drama are still taking place in many areas in Metro Manila.
As I was watching the above video clip I whispered to myself, “Barely a month ago I was just watching a similar tragedy happening in a far away country (was it in Turkey?). †I never thought it could happen here. †And now…”
Here are some more “hard to imagine” and even “harder to believe” images of Ondoy’s aftermath that I have gathered from Google!
Photo Credit: www.timesonline.co.uk
Image grabbed from PDI Sept 28, 2009
Photo Credit: Reuters
Photo Credit: www.napavalleyregister.com
Photo Credit: www.stuff.co.nz
And here are a few more video clips…
