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Kring Kring tells how she survived Super Typhoon Yolanda

Even celebrities and politicians were not spared from Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) when it wreaked havoc in the Visayan region of central Philippines over the weekend.

This celebrity/politician even had to borrow underwear from other people.

Former actress and now Tacloban City councilor Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez and her husband, Mayor Alfred Romualdez, were among the people who survived a storm surge caused by the typhoon scientists said was the strongest storm to ever hit the planet.

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Kring Kring tells her ordeal in a media interview
Kring Kring tells her ordeal in a media interview. Screenshot from ANC.

The Romualdez family lives in a house facing the Pacific Ocean.

Gonzales said around 6 a.m. Friday, they experienced strong winds and heavy rains that uprooted trees near their house.

A few minutes later, water started entering their house.

"We were just floating, I was holding on to my kids," she added.

As the water rose, people inside the house had to stand on top of tables to avoid getting swept away by the water.

They punched holes through the ceiling and to stay alive as the water continued to rise.

“We had to stay inside the cemented area to avoid being pushed into the open sea, because once you get pushed into the open sea, wala na," Gonzales said.

She is thankful that they survived the ordeal.

After the typhoon, she said that it broke her heart when she learned how her constituents suffered from the typhoon.

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Kring Kring Gonzales and husband Mayor Alfred Romualdez
Kring Kring Gonzales and husband Mayor Alfred Romualdez
Gonzales also said that she even had to borrow underwear from other people. Her husband was given a pair of pants that were believed to have come from the looted shopping mall in the city.

Gonzales denied allegations that the city government was not prepared for typhoon Yolanda.

She said they implemented preemptive evacuations 3 days before the typhoon hit, and relief goods were prepositioned in different parts of the city.

Gonzales also believes that the looting in the city was done out of desperation.

She will return to the city hall Tuesday to help her constituents and give needed relief goods to the victims. Source: ABS-CBN News




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