To all my relatives back in my country, be safe. #PrayForThePhilippines
— Flor (@shasha_trish) August 20, 2013
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
Everything will be okay in God's plan. Keep safe everyone! #PrayForThePhilippines Believe God !
— Shyn (@shynshyn_) August 20, 2013
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
Praying for the safety and protection for anyone affected by the monsoon in the Phillipines #PrayForThePhilippines pic.twitter.com/AKF6WkyfDO
— Rachel Cao (@rachelyicao) August 20, 2013
Good morning everyone.. keep safe and God bless.. #PrayForThePhilippines
— Darryl Markovnikov F (@darkovnikov07) August 20, 2013
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:
The filipino spirit is waterproof. Pray for our country. #prayforthephilippines #maringtyphoon @ pray… http://t.co/hRmGCfPPxX
— Deniah Darwin ∞ (@mighty_deniah) August 20, 2013
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.
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/20/prayforthephilippines-as-floods-cause-devastation-hope-remains-pics/