My country (the Philippines) was just recently struck by an extremely strong typhoon. In just 6 hours, it was resputed that a month's worth of rain poured down on the metropolis and several other provinces. Needless to say, it was a lousy weekend.

I live in a row of apartments and never in my 4 years stay, or in my life for that matter have I ever seen flood water sneak into the apartment! Me and my parents were lucky though, the flood only reached slightly below the ankles in the apartment and no electrical outlets were hit. We were even invited to stay in a hotel by my uncle on the 2nd day (since we had no electricity but that's another story.....).

However, many weren't so lucky. Many people (over 290K+) lost their homes and personal belongings in the flood, some of which rose so high that people had to take shelter on their roofs. Up until now (11:07 AM of September 29, 2009 - 3 days after the typhoon hit), many areas are still flooded and people are still stranded in certain areas. My entire family was lucky to have survived relatively unscathed.

It was the worse typhoon ever. Fact: the amount of rainfall here was more than Hurricane Katrina's! In only 6 hours. Please pray for the people still struggling amidst this crisis and for the victims which this typhoon has claimed.