Marilou Borlongan | San Miguel village, Hagonoy municipality

I am an unemployed single mother. Since the flood, the house down here has been unusable because the water is up to my chest. So I don’t come down here. The water is reaching the doorknob. Before, the flood didn’t reach this far. It used to dry out at the bottom. Now it seems like it won’t dry out anymore.

Photograph: Gideon Mendel




A woman stands in the doorway of her flooded house.

"It seems like the storm is getting stronger and stronger all the time. The wind is strong. The rain is strong. It seems like it doesn’t stop. To all the leaders, you must help us, take action on this flood."
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