Today has been a stay-at-home day for me and hubby.  Thankfully, the companies we work for had suspended work and allowed their employees to stay safe with their families.  Outside is a knee-deep flooded driveway.  We live in the heart of Manila, one of the most flooded areas.  Rapidly, hubby asked help from neighbors to build a fence at the entrance to keep the flood from entering our house.  We checked on food stocks, batteries, charged our cellphones immediately, prepared candles, listened to the AM radio station and also kept ourselves updated by staying online and watching the news on TV.
A lot of our kababayans are stranded, on their rooftops waiting for rescue, trapped in their flooded house, evacuated, and victimized by the heavy downpour this August Monsoon has been bringing. Photos below show the devastating and sad situation in the flooded Metro Manila.

Flood victims being rescued - photo from  @mikeehidalgo