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It was perhaps the worst that hit the country lately, as Storm “Ondoy” pour all over Metro Manila putting many places under water with stranded people already on their rooftops, causing wide-spread blackouts and killing more than 40 people.

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said that it was the worst he has seen, as he tried to deploy limited resources amidst a barrage of pleas for help. Malacañang declared a state of calamity in Metro Manila and 25 provinces in Luzon as the massive flooding paralyzed businesses and transportation. This allows officials to withdraw emergency funds for relief and rescue.

The massive floods turned the metropolis virtually into a sea and even those living in middle and high class villages and subdivisions weren’t spared as even news of celebrities like Christine Reyes getting stranded on their roofs.

The Philippine Navy said it was the first time they had received so many calls for help at the same time. PAG-ASA has predicted Ondoy to hit the country, however, its severity was not expected, while it said that heavy rains would fall over the weekends, they cannot predict the amount of rainfall.

“General improvement” in the weather is expected on Sunday, PAG-ASA said Ondoy will to continue to dump rains in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and the Visayas until early this week because of the southwest monsoon.

For those who want to send help, the government has three designated drop-off points for relief goods intended for typhoon Monody’s victims.

These are the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) center at the Batasan complex in Quezon City, the DSWD National Capital Region (NCR) office in Quiapo, Manila and the DSWD National Resource Operations Center in Pasay City.

Telephone numbers are: DSWD in Batasan – +632951-7119 and +63918-421-9780; DSWD NCR – +632-734-8634 to 25 and +63915-291-3722l and DSWD National Resource Operations Center – +632852-8081 and +632-734-8622