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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hundreds of homes remained without power on Thursday (July 25), a day after Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) flooded the Philippine capital Manila and nearby cities, forcing authorities to shut schools and offices, cancel flights and declare a state of calamity in a region that is home to 13 million people.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The two-story home of Roxanne Saniel, a 32-year-old assistant nurse, was submerged by flood waters following heavy rains on Wednesday (July 24) morning, leaving her personal belongings washed away and appliances destroyed.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“The floods started around 2 or 3 a.m. (1800 or 1900 GMT). So the water started rising up to the very top, the whole house cannot be seen anymore. Our house was fully submerged and wasn’t accessible,” Saniel told Reuters in an interview while she arranged what was left in her home.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/25/5-provinces-declare-state-of-calamity-due-to-habagat-carina-1347"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/25/5-provinces-declare-state-of-calamity-due-to-habagat-carina-1347">READ: 5 provinces declare state of calamity due to habagat, Carina</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The storm did not make landfall in the Philippines but has intensified seasonal monsoon rains, causing landslides and flooding over the past few days.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“We were crying yesterday because we didn’t know what to do anymore. We have to start from scratch,” Saniel added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At least 12 people have died and more than 600,000 are displaced due to the storm, known locally as Typhoon Carina, the national disaster agency said. Water in some areas is neck-high.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“What we need first is food. All our food was washed by the floods. Food, water, and clothing because we don’t have any more clothes to change to,” Saniel said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr told the disaster relief agencies to provide assistance and prepare supplies for isolated communities during a briefing on Wednesday, and the mayors of 16 cities in the Greater Manila region have asked for emergency funding, officials said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Philippines sees an average of 20 tropical storms annually, causing floods and deadly landslides.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Production: Adrian Portugal)</span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Hundreds of homes remained without power on Thursday (July 25), a day after Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) flooded the Philippine capital Manila and nearby cities.</p>

Hundreds of homes remained without power on Thursday (July 25), a day after Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) flooded the Philippine capital Manila and nearby cities.

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Devastated by floods, Manila residents forced to 'start from scratch'

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Published Jul 25, 2024 03:37 PM PHT

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