TROPICAL STORM "SENDONG" - ILIGAN CITY - 12.15.11

285 Dead And 400 Missing In Iligan City As Tropical Storm "Sendong" Strikes

More than 285 people are dead and 400 missing after Tropical Storm Sendong ripped Iligan City on Friday December 15, 2011.
Despite the claims of tropical storm signal warning from pagasa, There was no known "pre-emptive evacuation" that took place.Torrent rains attacked the area while most families were sleeping. Rivers swelled and rapidly over flowed thier banks wipping out hundreds of homes.Hundreds of men, women and children were drowned leaving a toll of 285 reported dead as of december 21,2011 and 400 missing.
The dead quickly overwhelmed the local mortuaries. Soon bodies were no longer accepted and they were simply stacked up outside. A shortage of embalming fluid and coffins made proper burial impossible. Relief efforts were slow to materialize and thousands of homeless were soon hungry and unclothed.
Some survivors said that huge logs, illegally cut, came racing down the river and destroyed houses and struck survivors. The fortunate ones clung to the logs and floated to safety.
The government and local media are investigating this illegal lumbering and have promised action against those who put profit above the safety of fellow citizens.
Currently, combined efforts of hundreds of local volunteers and Army personnel are providing a minimal amount of food, water and blankets to the homeless. Due on the 23rd is the largest ship in the Philippine navy which will carry relief supplies including 400 much-needed coffins.

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• TROPICAL
• STORM
• SENDONG
• ILIGAN
• CITY

[60000garyman]

i still know friends from Iligan as I lived there in 1990.

thay are okay, we have text them and they told us all about it.