IMPORTANT NOTICE: To the readers, please INFORM and HELP anyone you can, pass along important information and contact numbers to everyone! Please be very careful when going through flooded areas, as currents can be strong and you may get injured by debris. The authorities have pleaded that no one try to take matters into their own hands and attempt rescues of sorts; please be patient and wait for as long as you can for help, and above all, stay safe!
UPDATE 6: Google Has This Fantastic Page Containing Just About Everything You Need To Know To Help And Contribute in The Relief and Recovery Efforts.
- Click here to see the IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS AND HOTLINES
- Click here to see HOW YOU CAN HELP with DONATIONS and RELIEF GOODS
Photo by: Dan Saavedra
UPDATE 5, 6:25AM MONDAY: Some news items of interest:
- Death Toll To Rise to 100 (with slideshows).
- One-fifth of Meralco Subscribers Without Power, No classes until Tuesday this week, MMDA: Number Coding Suspended For The Week.
- Another Typhoon To Hit The Philippines In Three Days?
Information on how to help with donations, and relief goods along with important contact numbers and hotlines after the jump.
UPDATE 3, 10:15AM & UPDATE 4, 10:45AM: Relief/Shelter/Donations:
Some places where you can drop off relief goods such as canned food, blankets, and other basic necessities:
- Sagip Kapamilya Warehouse: No. 13 Examiner St., West Triangle, Quezon City – Look for Ms. Girlie Aragon or Jet. Contact: 413-2667
- NU107: G/F Suite 102, AIC Gold Tower, Emerald Ave, Ortigas Center Pasig City. (via Francis “Brew” Reyes)
- Citizens Disaster Response Center: 72-A Times St., West Triangle, Quezon City
- Tulong Kabataan: Kabataan Partylist Headquarters, 118-B Scout Rallos, Kamuning, Quezon City
- Bayanihan Filipino Community Center (for people in NY):You can send your donations to Bayanihan Filipino Community Center, 40-21 69th St, Woodside NY 11377
Where you can donate (from Manuel L Quezon’s TumbBlog)
You can help update the Online Database of Places to Donate Relief Goods. Red Cross donation through SMS: text RED
TXTPower.org will forward donations to Red Cross Paypal Smart Money – 5577-5144-1866-7103 G-Cash – 0917-9751092 Red Cross
1. CASH or CHECK Please send cash or check donations to the PNRC National Headquarters in Manila. Checks should be made payable to The Philippine National Red Cross. We can also arrange for donation pick-up.
2. BANK DEPOSIT Account Name: The Phil. Nat’l. Red Cross METROBANK Port Area Branch Peso Acct.: 151-3-041-63122-8 Dollar Acct.: 151-2-151-00218-2 Type of Acct. : SAVINGS Swift Code: MBTC PH MM BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS Port Area Branch Peso Acct.: 4991-0010-99 Type of Account: CURRENT BANK OF THE PHIL. ISLANDS UN Branch Dollar Acct.: 8114-0030-94 Type of Account: SAVINGS Swift Code: BOPI PH MM For your donations to be properly acknowledged, please fax the bank transaction slip at nos. +63.2.527.0575 or +63.2.404.0979 with your name, address and contact number.
Credit Card Please fax the following info to +632.404.09.79 and +632.527.0575: Name of card member, billing address, contact nos. (phone & mobile), credit card no., expiration date, CCV2/ CVC2 (last three digits at the back of the credit card), billing address, amount to be donated. For online donations you may also visit our website at www.redcross.org.ph .
Donations in kind to the Red Cross:
LOCAL Please send in-kind local donations to The Philippine National Red Cross – National Headquarters in Manila. We could also arrange for donation pick-up. INTERNATIONAL 1. Send a letter of intent to donate to the PNRC 2. A letter of acceptance from PNRC shall be sent back to the donor 3. Immediately after shipping the goods, please send the (a) original Deed of Donation, (b) copy of packing list and (c) original Airway Bill for air shipments or Bill of Lading for sea shipments to The Philippine National Red Cross–National Headquarters c/o Secretary General Corazon Alma de Leon, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila 2803, Philippines. The PNRC does not accept rotten, damaged, expired or decayed goods. Though we appreciate your generosity, the PNRC also discourages donations of old clothes as we have more than enough to go around.
Relief goods for Red Cross (drinking water, baby formula, canned goods, clothing): Red Cross Rizal Chapter operations center 635-0922, 634-7824 needs drinking water, canned goods, clothing for Cainta, Marikina, San Mateo, Pasig. or go to Red Cross QC Chapter, QC Hall Gate 7 along Kalayaan Avenue, tel. 920-3672.
There is a huge, huge, pile of information on MLQ’s Tumblog on who else you can donate to. Click here to check it out (scroll down a bit once you get there).
UPDATE 2, 9:10AM – IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS AND HOTLINES:
Red Cross Rubberboats:
0917-8897898
0938-442697
NCRPO HOTLINE
838-3203
838-3354 – for RESCUE REQUESTS
Dump Trucks For Rescue
0917-4426800
0927-6751981
Philippine Coastguard:
527-6136
Police Central Hotline 171
National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)
911-14-06
734-2118
734-2120
Rizal PDCC
09153767070 and 09278400133
Red Cross
911-18-76
527-00-00
143
PAGASA
927-1541
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
136
896-6000
Meralco
631-1111
16211
0917-5592824
0920-9292824
Maynilad
1626
ABS-CBN HOTLINE
416-36-41
SAGIP KAPAMILYA
413-2667 / 416-0387
Sources: DZMM Teleradyo, ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN news online
UPDATE 1, 8:30AM: Death Toll rises to 50. 90% of Cainta, Taytay flooded (Video). Relief and rescue operations are in high gear. Floods have significantly receded. International and domestic flights have resumed normal operations. Locally, businesses have resumed operations, and aside from the crap that litters the streets, it’s almost as if nothing happened. Business as usual? It may be one way of coping with what just happened.
Newspapers have finally started to arrive at the local News stand, but so far I’ve only seen the Manila Bulletin and one other broadsheet; besides those, it’s quite empty. The local bakery quickly sold out of nearly all breadstuffs! First time I’ve seen it happen this early! But really now, it’s great to see store owners getting quickly back up on their feet. This only shows true spirit and resilience in the face of calamity. Hopefully people in harder-hit areas can also get back up and running quickly as well.
ORIGINAL POST: Well, we just officially went through what is being called “the worst floods in nearly 40 years” that the Philippines has experienced. A month’s worth of rainfall in just six hours. 40 people confirmed dead, damage estimates pouring in, media and government outlets overrun with cries for help. A state of calamity has now been declared in Metro Manila and 25 other locales.
I went through a walk-around of our neighborhood at around 6AM and talked to some people. Edison street became visible at around 12 midnight. This morning, it’s the only passable road in the community. Cars are lined up on both sides of the street, as owners do what they can to fix up whatever damage and stench the floods may have inflicted.
Dian and most other streets leading out of the community are still flooded. Sections of Pasay Road are still submerged. Debris and sludge are scattered all over the streets and the sidewalks. People just want to clean up and get over the whole event.
Several submerged cars have had their car alarms go nuts all through the night and now the owners are trying to sort things out. Traffic is starting to build up, even though it’s just an early Sunday morning; presumably, people are trying to get to their loved ones or get supplies and medical treatment.
This is not the worst we’ve experienced, in terms of damage to property (for our community, at least). The last storm had our neighbor’s roofs flying off. This wasn’t even classed as a super typhoon! The storm only had winds of around 85 km/h, while super typhoons have winds that go upwards of 120 km/h.
Anyway, I’ll be looking around further once the other streets become passable. I tried checking for local weather reports, but PAG-ASA website’s been hammered pretty badly and you can’t connect to it (as of this post).
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