Ormoc quake victims are grief-stricken over lost homes

Several Ormoc residents were grief-stricken when they beheld their homes, which Thursday's magnitude-6.5 earthquake had turned into unlivable ruins.

The loss was doubly painful for diabetic Samuel Dionaldo as he lost both his home and his sari-sari store. The earnings from the store had paid for his medication.

"Gumapang na lang ako palabas kasi nasisira na 'yung bahay ko. 'Yun, wala. Nandoon na ko sa kalsada. Tinitingnan ko na lang ang bahay ko na nasisira," Dionaldo told GMA 7 news program "24 Oras".

"Wala na akong nagawa... wala na akong nakuhang gamit at saka 'yung tinda ko, wala akong nakuha," he added.

Dionaldo was a resident of Barangay Milagro, like Maritess Funetes.

Funetes said that her family was still recovering from the destruction of Super Typhoon Yolanda, and what little they had rebuilt was again taken away from them by the earthquake.

"Malakas na malakas talaga ang lindol kahapon. Oh ito nga oh, andon ako... Itong bahay namin sira lahat, pati doon wala na. Wala na talaga," she said tearfully. "Hindi namin alam kung anong gagawin namin ngayon kasi hirap na hirap na kami, wala kaming pera. Bago pa lang kami dinatnan ng Yolanda tapos ganito ulit na naman. Paano na kami ngayon? Saan na kami titira."

Some eight out of Ormoc City;'s 110 barangays were the most severely affected by the earthquake: Milagro, Cabintan, Tongonan, Cabaon-an, Lake Danao, Gaas, Liberty and Nueva Vista.

"'Yung sa Tongonan side, madami talagang landslide doon, may nasirang kalsada. Siguro matatapos in the next two to three days hopefully ang clearing. Ang madami dito, damages on buildings. Ako, personally I think 'yun ang costly eh," said Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez. — Anna Felicia Bajo/DVM, GMA News