Typhoon Sendong Kills in the Philippines
Posted On December 17, 2011
The Xaverian Missionaries first began work in the Philippines in 1989. Typhoons visit this country yearly but this one was particularly deadly. Please pray for the victims and their families, like that of the father pictured above.
The death toll in Saturday’s flash floods in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan had, as of 7 p.m., risen to 327, most of them children. At least 260 persons remain missing in the worst flooding in Mindanao in the last 25 years.
In Cagayan de Oro City, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) reporterd 71 dead and 137 missing as of Saturday noon but journalists who went to three funeral parlors here listed 277 cadavers brought there: 60 in the Somo Funeral Homes; 17 in Cosmopolitan Funeral Parlor and at least 200 in the Bollozos funeral parlor.
Chona Soler, a utility worker in Bollozos who was tasked to do the counting said she stopped counting after 200. Cadavers covered with mud were piled on top of each other in the morgue of Bollozos while others were strewn along its hallway and chapel. MORE…
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Nice post. Thanks for sharing. I hope that preventative measures can be put in place soon. One thing that can be done which costs nothing is each individual take responsibility for their garbage and put it where it belongs instead of throwing it all over the streets, rivers, and everywhere else.
Thank you all so much for your concern. It’s very heartwarming that we Filipinos are all united for one cause and that so many generous hearts take interest in helping the typhoon victims. God bless you all. I wish there were some way to repay you for your generosity.
Nice post. Thanks for sharing. I hope that preventative measures can be put in place soon. One thing that can be done which costs nothing is each individual take responsibility for their garbage and put it where it belongs instead of throwing it all over the streets, rivers, and everywhere else.