‘I have nothing now’published at 11:54
Image source, GettPeople in the Philippine capital Manila have been speaking to the AFP news agency about what they have lost in the typhoon.
Street vendor Zenaida Cuerda says she is “back to zero” after floodwaters washed away the food she sells for a living and swept through her house.
“All my capital is gone. I have nothing now,” Cuerda says, as she wipes away tears outside the concrete house she shares with her sister. “I don’t have a husband anymore. I can’t rely on my children because they have their own families.”
Speaking at the pharmacy where he works, Pedro Parado is still coming to terms with the destruction caused by the flooding.
“We couldn’t believe that the floods would be that great. Everyone here was surprised,” Parado says. “When the rain poured, we went upstairs. We carried all of our things, including the medicines, so they wouldn’t get wet.”
