In storm-devastated areas, hope for 2013
In storm-devastated areas, hope for 2013 By Karlos Manlupig, Inquirer Mindanao NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley—Slowly walking over logs and boulders while carrying two water containers, 56-year old Tessie Jentapa fetches water in the same river where her husband died when Typhoon “Pablo” battered Barangay Andap here. “We have already evacuated at around 4 a.m. of Dec. 4. But my husband asked me if I can return to our house to get dry clothes,” Jentapa narrated. When she returned to the village chapel where they were seeking temporary shelter, her husband, Luciano, was already missing. “The ravaging waters took him away. It happened so fast,” Jentapa said. Jentapa narrated that the flash flood, which carried huge logs and boulders, dumped her husband kilometers away from their home. “When I went to the town gym a day after the storm, I quickly scanned the dead bodies lying in the ground to search for Luciano. It felt like everything was in slow motion when I saw his ri