Footage shows a group of kids trying to cross an overflowing river together in the Philippines to higher ground after their houses were submerged in flood.<br /><br />The video was taken in Darumawang Ilaya, Lala, Lanao del Norte on July 17.<br /><br />Public school teacher and disaster risk reduction coordinator Elger Dagatan Cedeno from Darumawang Ilaya took the video as he assisted the children to get to safety. He said: "The crops were damaged because of the water from the river."<br /><br />Some of the kids gathered wood washing up in the river to use as firewood in evacuation centers.<br /><br />The tropical storm Falcon (international name Danas) brought flash floods in several towns of Lanao del Norte province after the Maranding river overflowed.<br /><br />The fash floods affected hundreds of families who were evacuated to halls and gymnasiums.
