Manibien Besa | San Miguel village, Hagonoy municipality
I am a salesman at a hardware store in Apalit, Pampanga. There has been ankle-deep floodwater here since Typhoon Emong six months ago and its now chest-deep due to the high tide and Typhoon Uwan. The weather is changing, the typhoon is faster, water rises faster, and it takes longer to fall.
Photograph: Gideon Mendel
