Philippine Prayer Request

Please pray for the people in Metro Manila, Philippines where I was visiting close Filipino friends recently. As you perhaps know, Metro Manila experienced the worse typhoon (hurricane) in it's recorded history--16.7 inches of rain in 9 hours. Some areas were under 20 feet of water due to poor drainage systems that they've been "trying" to fix for many years, but little has been done. The root of the problem, 'is a government whose predominate preoccupation is with graft and corruption--how to steal more money from the people." Thousands of homes were washed away especially in areas where the poor live. Over 500,000 people have been displaced. "The prospects of another typhoon this week-end underscores environmentalists concerns that shifts in global temperature may mean increasing extreme weather patterns for coastal cities like Manila. I've tried to reach my Filipino friends but learned that the electrical power and internet is out in most of the flooded areas.