Bicolanos who experienced the flood, mud-and-boulder slides, the heavy rains and strong winds  brought by supertyphoon Reming called the event dilubyo (deluge), with the Biblical story in mind. The Biblical rainbow appeared after the deluge, which of course has a scientific explanation..

Photo courtesy of: John Paul J. Clemente of UP Ibalon, a member organization of the relief organizaiton called Tabang Bikol. This photo was taken during a relief distribution in mid-December, 2006 in a barangay in Albay.

In Guinobatan, Albay:

A community swept away by the flood of mud and boulders

 and a damaged Bicol Express Railway

According to these two residents, there were about 40 homes in the area  shown in the photos. About 300 meters of PNR railway were swept away by the floodwaters.

This hillside of Paulog in Ligao City used to have a postcardview greenery dominated by coconut trees.

Busay, a barangay in Daragay, Albay where the famous Cagsawa ruins can be found, is one of the most devastated places in Bicol, with homes and famlies burried alive or swept away to the sea several kilometers away.

The road from the national highway to the Cagsawa church used to be a picturesque road with trees and homes and stores on both sides. Now all you have are sand, mud and boulders, with the first storey of homes or lodging house underneath.

This teen survived but not 3 of the memers of his family. He was found burried under the mud but somehow found a way to breath through. He said he was lucky not to have been hit by big boulders such as the one on the right. --->>>

What remains of a 2-storey house that stands in the path of mud and boulders carried by rampaging waters

The photos in olive background are contributed by John Paul J. Clemente of UP Ibalon, a member organization of the relief organizaiton called Tabang Bikol. These photos were taken during a relief distribution in mid-December, 2006 in some barangays in Albay.

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