THOUSANDS of residents in five provinces of Eastern Visayas cried for help as chest-deep floods inundated their homes following three days of relentless torrential rain.

Search and rescue teams were mobilized to reach trapped residents, some on their rooftops to escape cascading floodwaters.

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