Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) unleashed her fury on parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, Tzu Chi Foundation volunteers were on the scene to assess damages and provide initial support to thousands of displaced families in the storm-battered regions.
In Bohol, where volunteers stayed from December 20 to December 23, locals were at a loss for what to do following the unthinkable destruction to their province, a popular tourist destination. As of December 26, Odette has claimed 378 lives, 96 of them from Bohol. Damages have been pegged at an estimated P5 billion.
“Our house is gone, even the structure is gone. The only thing left is the cemented floor,” says 20-year-old Feljoy Torreon of Tinangnan, Tubigon, Bohol. “Everything is destroyed, even our means of livelihood, our fishing boats. We don’t know how we’re going to start again.”
“I invested in a new house near the sea. Now it’s wrecked by the storm,” laments 42-year-old Reynold Cosare. The father of four and tourist driver who survived the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that rocked Bohol in 2013 considers Odette As greater catastrophe
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