A military truck loaded with evacuees braves the flooded street after the water subsides allowing big trucks to enter the area Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 in suburban Cainta, east of Manila, Philippines. Weary victims of a tropical storm that un
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The 'Katrina' of the Philippines
Operation Blessing helps out
Updated: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009, 7:13 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 28 Sep 2009, 8:25 PM EDT
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Since Tropcial Storm Ketsana tore through the northern Philippines on Saturday, at least 140 people have died and 150,000 people have been left homeless.
Now that the flood-waters are starting to recede, the relief effort is just beginning. The Virginia Beach-based Operation Blessing is assisting in that effort.
Dr. Kim April C. Pascual, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Operation Blessing International Philippines, is on the ground directing the relief and recovery operations. Operation Blessing says Dr. Pascual's own home has been flooded.
Operation Blessing teams are moving quickly to mobilize food and water distributions, deploy medical teams to hardest-hit areas, and to partner with local groups to begin flood clean-up and recovery efforts.
Dr. Pascual said, "This is Hurricane Katrina of the Philippines. Almost a month's worth of rainfall has submerged riverbank cities like Marikina and Pasig, and buried neighboring cities and provinces under ravaging floodwaters, putting the whole region under a state of calamity."
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