IT’S Day 7 since the devastating flood swept Valencia, Spain and the sight of cars atop one another from the window of her flat does not offer much solace. “I’m Bicolana. I’m used to flooding, to typhoons in the Philippines.
Cars remain strewn, some piled atop others, outside the flat where Fillipina Ma. Cherisha Lou Magayanes Montero lives in Valencia, days after unprecedented flooding transformed eastern Spain into rivers of water and mud.
Montero is one of the four Filipinos in Valencia, Spain who were directly affected by the unprecedented flood that killed more than 200 people. “While preparing dinner, bigla kong narinig sa labas na maraming commotion. I could see police cars flashing lights. When I looked at the window, many cars were parking across our building. And the water was going higher and higher,” she narrated.
When she returned to her flat to check on her belongings, she found that the flood had reached about knee-deep and mud about ankle-deep inside. Asked about the difference between her experience in Albay and her experience in Spain, she replied, “I have a daughter now. I have to prioritize her. Before, you’re just chill. You take it as part of your life, you embrace. It’s part of the Bicolano culture.”
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