VIDEO: Philippine couple holds wedding in flooded church
A Philippine couple tied the knot on Tuesday at a Catholic church swamped in hip-deep waters, as heavy rains have pummeled large parts of the country for a month. Clutching a bouquet of white blooms and clad in an off-shoulder white gown, Leian Lieza Galang gingerly waded into the murky brown floodwaters inside the Saint Read More:…
A Philippine couple, Leian Lieza Galang and Gilbert Chico, got married at a Catholic church in Hagonoy town, north of Manila, despite being flooded with hip-deep waters. The church, Saint John the Baptist, had been partially underwater for nearly a month due to heavy rains that have pummeled large parts of the country.
The couple, both in their 30s, waded into the murky brown floodwaters for an abbreviated late-morning ceremony. According to wedding photographer Mikko Rey Alfonso, the parish had advised them to postpone the wedding but they decided to proceed.
The groom told AFP that he and the bride did not mind their attire getting soaked. Heavier-than-usual seasonal monsoon rains in August caused landslides and flash floods that killed 34 people, according to the latest official tally.
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