Article 6V8BM Philippines storm survivors join climate protest outside Shell HQ in London

Philippines storm survivors join climate protest outside Shell HQ in London

by
Matthew Taylor
from Environment | The Guardian on (#6V8BM)

Greenpeace protest draws attention to worsening typhoons and demands accountability from major polluters

For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of their home as a huge storm raged around them. With the wind battering her village of Rizal, about 10 miles east of Manila in the Philippines, and water swirling through the rooms below them, they had no choice but to wait, hoping that someone would come to rescue them and hundreds of their neighbours.

We did not have shelter, we did not have food ... we just had to wait for the government for two days," Carbonel said. It is not easy, no electricity, no light, we just wait for the sun to rise. The children were scared, we had never experienced anything like this."

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