Floods affect 200 families in Manila

A man and his companion push an outrigger loaded with their belongings in a flooded street as flood waters continue to rise due to rains and high tide Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 in Navotas City, north of Manila, Philippines. AP FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines–Almost 200 families in Manila’s fourth district alone have been affected by the flood caused by heavy rains since Tuesday.
Councilor Louie Chua said 100 families are now at Trinidad Tecson Elementary School, 26 families are at Geronimo Santiago Elementary School and 70 families are at Moises Salvador Elementary School.

 
Chua said they are asking for donations such as food, dry clothes and drinking water.