Written by: Jhesset O. Enano, Philippine Daily Inquirer
(Last of three parts)
MANILA, Philippines — From on top of a cabinet at the second floor of their house in Marikina City, Nora Cencil and her three young children watched in fear as the brown and murky floodwaters threatened to inundate their perch.
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Written by: Jhesset O. Enano, Philippine Daily Inquirer
(Second of three parts)
Sept. 26, 2009, seemed an ordinary Saturday in Marikina City.
Around 11 a.m., Jackeline Parilla, three months pregnant, briefly noted the floodwaters outside her home in Barangay Industrial Valley Complex, a stone’s throw away from Marikina River. But within minutes the waters rose and spilled into her home and others nearby, and reached the level of her waist.
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Written by: Matthew Reysio-Cruz, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Exactly 10 years after Tropical Storm “Ondoy” (international name: Ketsana) ravaged Marikina City, survivors gathered at the banks of the Marikina River, where they lit candles to commemorate a day that at once felt far away but not far enough.
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Written by: Lauren Alimondo, Sun Star Baguio
Manila, Philippines- The wrath and damages brought by typhoon Ondoy that hit the country on 2009 remain for women in a village in Marikina city. Mothers cling to hope that it will not repeat.
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