Dead and drowned: Cemeteries vanish as seas, floods rise in the Philippines


Submerged graves at Hagonoy Public Cemetery in Barangay San Sebastian, Bulacan remain flooded even after clean-up efforts by the local government. Sangguniang Barangay San Sebastian/Facebook via PDI/ANN

MANILA: In flood-prone towns across Bulacan, even the dead can’t rest in peace.

“It hurts,” said Esper, a Bulacan resident now living in Malolos, describing how it feels that not only the living — but even their departed loved ones—are affected by the constant flooding.

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