Dear Meyen, Sorry to be simply repeating a prior mail to Japanese colleagues. Luckily, some water was on our streets in Mandurriao and nomud floods came over. But the devastation is mind-boggling all overthe province. If you google "iloilo flood" you can get coverage onYouTube and other sites too:
I am not sure how much news you have gotten over a great floodsthat ravaged much of the whole island during the last weekend (21-22June 2008) as a result of the unusually heavy rains of typhoon'Frank'. (Fengshen) over central and northern Panay. A visual recordthat speaks louder than words may be obtained from a websiteaffiliated with a local radio station's (aksyonradyoiloilo) ---http://www.leosolinap.net/ ---
Luckily, some portions of the city itself were spared, although Janiuay, Maasin, Cabatuan, San Miguel,Sta. Barbara, Pavia, Jaro and Mandurriao were the worst hit in the province of Iloilo. The damage in Aklan and Capiz has also been devastating, largely because of the heavy mudflows from mountain areas.
Relief efforts are underway to help people who have lost family members and property, but some parts of the city have not yet regained power andwater supply until now. My internet connection at home has not beenworking, and I'm only glad that power is just back at the Miagaon campus.
Despite all these, I had to push through with an international conference slated for June 26-28 at the city campus. Power was back there and participants from all over the Philippines and abroad had arrived. So even with a skeleton working group of UPV personnel who had not been so greatly affected by the floods, we were able to push through....
Life has to go on, as they say. Now, how I am slowly recovering .... and the work goes on too....
Meloy
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