HELP FOR ONDOY

Even Hollywood stars called their fellow Americans to help the victims of tropical storm ONDOY (Ketsana) in the Philippines as they expressed their sympathies to the ondoy victim.

Eva Fonda sexy actress Cristine Reyes cried for help when she trapped at their rooftop in their residence in Provident Village, Marikina City, as tropical storm roared and flooded rose menacingly. The actor emerged from nowhere on a speedboat and help her to safety. WOW how sweet?

Rescuers from different areas pulled the dead from swollen rivers and thousands thirst from without water, hungry for food and power as the death toll from the worst flooding in the Philippines in more than 4 decades climbed to 100.

While tens of thousands of affected residents began to cleanup and storm ondoy left the Philippines, the extent of devastation became clear, mud covered communities, houses covered with landslide, car choked the streets and huge number of residents without water to drink, foods to eat and no power.

The government has declared a state of calamity in metropolitan Manila and other provinces affected. More than 450,000+- people were affected by the storm, including some 115,000+- brought to about 200 schools, and Churches and other evacuation centers. Government welfare officials have begun focusing on providing food, medicine and other necessities to those in emergency shelters.

The United States has donated $100,000 and deployed a military helicopter and five rubber boats manned by about 20 American soldiers from the countries south. The United Nations Children's Fund has also provided food and other aid.

However PAGASA said ondoy will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon and bring occasional rains in the western section of Central and southern Luzon. Luzon will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Another two weather disturbances are likely to enter the Philippine area and expected to enter the Philippine boundary by late Wednesday or Thursday.

Storm ONDOY

At least 46 people Dead including 40 in Rizal Province due to flooding cause by storm ONDOY official said saturday.

Last night I saw Cristine Reyes, sister of actress Ara Mina, in Television on top of their roof in their house in Marikina asking for help. I saw also people on top of the roof that carried away by flood floating on Pasig river.

The PAGASA said the storm generated non-stop rains over most of Luzon and Islands to the south such as Mindoro causing the floods.

ONDOY, the 15th tropical cyclone to enter the Philippines this year, center winds of 85 kph which condidered by the Weather officials to be not strong. As of 8p.m. , the storm was about to exit into the south China sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

About 13.4 inches (34.1 centimeters) of rain fell on metropolitan Manila in just six hours, close to the 15.4 inches (39.2 centimeters) average for the entire month of September. The previous record was 13.2 inches (33.4 centimeters) record during the 24-hour period in June 1967, chief government weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz said.

In La Union which also affected by the storm also flooding in different areas but not as other not so damage by the Storm.