Water,water everywhere, but not a drop to drink

For the last 12 hours, we've had non-stop torrential rains that have flooded the children's homes and parts of the village. At the same time, our water tanks have run dry and our wells polluted. The river has risen nearly 10 feet and homes are several feet under water. The people I talk to can't remember a time when it rained this hard for this long. Though rainy season can sometimes consist of weeks of heavy rain, it doesn't cause the flooding we're seeing here today. The ground was already saturated from the tropical storm and hurricane we were hit with a few days back.

There is water everywhere. Under these conditions, a normal response would be to run and hide, head for higher ground and stay dry. However, these people have no where to go. Their few material posessions are being swept down the rivers that were main roads just yesterday. Even our children, better off than the majority of the population, have no boots or rain gear to tread through the lake that has become our village. There is nothing to stop the rain from coming into their houses so the children give up their clothing to cover the windows.

The only thing I hate more than seeing these people continue to suffer , is the fact that I'm here to witness it and unable to do anything about it.