#PrayForThePhilippines: As floods cause devastation, hope remains [pics]

http://twitter.com/#!/swaggistic_98/status/369932938169044992
Over 600,000 people have reportedly been affected by horrific flooding in the Philippines. Several people have died and many others are still missing. And images of the destruction are both sobering and frightening:
http://twitter.com/#!/alphadenise_/status/369854796510924802
http://twitter.com/#!/harryharnden/status/369864642904207360
http://twitter.com/#!/anjmo021/status/369884995013201920
http://twitter.com/#!/juliennelove_/status/369868629057081345
In the midst of the heartbreak and devastation, though, is an outpouring of prayers and support for the Filipino people:
http://twitter.com/#!/netirature/status/369938879828086784
http://twitter.com/#!/iamstrongshyn/status/369938244151959552
di na natapos ang pagtaas ng baha. hopw everybody is still ok.

Lord keeo us all safe.

#familia #PrayForThePhilippines— Bham N. Pahamutang (@bhambina9) August 20, 2013
http://twitter.com/#!/rachelyeecow/status/369885484312711168
http://twitter.com/#!/darkovnikov07/status/369935104027537408
Lord, pls help those
affected by heavy rains and
flash floods. Help them to
survive this tragedy. AMEN.#PrayForThePhilippines— KrizelleAnne ヅ (@prettyZHEY13) August 20, 2013

And there is hope for recovery:
http://twitter.com/#!/mighty_deniah/status/369821706430717952

We send our thoughts and prayers to all those affected.

Editor’s note: We have updated this post to remove several photos which are of previous flooding in the Philippines and were mistakenly included. Twitchy regrets the error.

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