Rappler report on Sto. Tomas, Pampanga flood

I’m linking you to the Rappler article here. And reposting pictures below:

While rescue teams from Tarlac and Manila have scanned the area and assisted some residents to higher grounds, the impassable roads make the town of Santo Tomas harder to reach by relief efforts.

Santo Tomas resident Jessie Ortega said he ventured out of his home to find food for his family, but there is nothing available.

“Syempre mga tao hindi malaman kung anong gagawin nila,” he said. “Mga pagkain, tubig, ganun. Damit, inumin, gamot, ganun, yun ang kailangan namin (Of course we didn’t know what to do. Food, water, clothes, drinks, medicine, that’s what we need).”