Typhoon Ketsana/Ondoy

With over a month's worth of rainfall in only 6 hours, Metro Manila has been declared to be in a state of calamity. So far, an estimate of 52 people have been found dead with over 20 or more still missing, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes... the numbers are still rising.

Rescuers are still trying to get to those stranded on their rooftops and thousands have been left homeless. Schools, malls, hospitals, and parking lots are being opened to serve as evacuation centers for those left with nowhere else to go.

Some roads are virtually impassable. Streets and highways were turned into rapids of flash floods in only a matter of hours as the water took with it everything in its path. Flood waters are measured at chest deep and rising in some areas while others are already completely submerged under water at 3 floors deep.

Food, water, and medical supplies are running low and relief sites are rapidly becoming overcrowded.

The city is at a standstill while water and electricity has been cut off in some areas.

Any help would be much appreciated and even from a distance, something can be done.

De La Salle University, Taft.

pedestrian underpass, Ayala Avenue, Makati