Monday, October 5, 2009

StanDeyo.com | Imagine living in a country where 80% went underwater – and heroes shone



ORIGINAL CAPTION: A man takes a break from cleaning a house swamped by flash floods brought on by Typhoon Ketsana, in a middle-class neighborhood in Marikina city, east of Manila, on Sept. 28. The Philippines appealed for international aid to help tens of thousands marooned by flooding. (Erik de Castro / Reuters)

A relative reacts after confirming the identity of a loved one killed by the floods brought on by the continuous rains of Typhoon Ketsana, inside a morgue in the town of Tanay, Rizal, east of Manila, Sept. 28. (John Javellana / Reuters)