MANILA, Philippines - Stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) living under the Kandara Bridge are appealing for help after heavy rains flooded the roads in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
According to Charles Tabbu, correspondent of ABS-CBN Middle East News Bureau, they received several calls from distressed OFWs temporarily seeking shelter under the bridge as flood water continued to rise in the area.
Tabbu said the rain also forced some schools to send their students home.
There are about 100 stranded OFWs remaining under the bridge. Saudi authorities earlier took the women and children under its custody and destroyed makeshift tents because it was illegal.
The Philippine Consulate recently held a meeting attended by different organizations in Jeddah that discussed the problem of distressed OFWs, particularly those living under the Kandara Bridge.
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