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Maica Salonga | Bulusan village, Calumpit municipality

I work as a seamstress. It’s very difficult. I can’t work properly because of the flood. Our things are getting damaged. This water is from Typhoon Uwan. It feels like the seasons have changed. Before, we used to have a dry season for a month. Now, we experience half a year before it dries up. As the years go by, the flooding is getting worse.

Photograph: Gideon Mendel




A young woman stands in water inside her house with a picture of dolphins on the wall. " I hope a solution can be found so that we will never experience this suffering again. I hope the government budget will be used properly so that something can be done about our situation."
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Marvin Torres Gianan, Calizon village, Calumpit municipality

I am a tricycle driver so I have a hard time with the rising water. The combination of the high tide and the flood is terrible. It’s difficult to work. Saving stuff is really hard. The water is rising faster now. In this region we have often had floods, but now with the typhoons so frequent, they are worse and take so much longer to subside.

Photograph: Gideon Mendel




A man stands in water inside his flooded house, with holy pictures and a Merry Christmas banner on the walls. "We have had water here since Typhoon Emong in July. We know now what is going on because it’s in the news – many have become corrupt, and the funds for flood control construction have disappeared."
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