Monday, 3 December 2012
The rains started during the afternoon planning meeting for Kaamulan, the annual cultural gathering. ESSC staff warned that storm signal number 1 was raised, so
The rains started during the afternoon planning meeting for Kaamulan, the annual cultural gathering. ESSC staff warned that storm signal number 1 was raised, so
By breakfast, the rains were continuous and Mercy, one of the local teachers, came to say they wanted to send the children home from school,
Early in the morning, people began returning to their houses. People from the village contributed their share to the breakfast, although we ate late due
After a breakfast of bingala and palao cooked in coconut milk, the children went to school at about 7:30 am. Cleaning in the school went
Upon revisiting Busay, we saw that not only was there a landslide but the two small bridges were washed out. The road over the landslide
Communications finally came back but were shaky as always. The extent of the damage was becoming clear: flattened crops, maize, rice, bananas, and vegetable crops,