(22 Jul 2025)
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Malolos, Philippines – 22 July 2025
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1. Various of newlywed couple, groom Jade Rick Verdillo and bride Jamaica Verdillo, celebrating with friends in flooded church
2. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog/English) Jade Rick Verdillo, groom:
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“We just mustered enough courage (to get married today). We decided today because it is a sacrifice in itself but there will more sacrifices if we don’t push through and reschedule it another day. I feel that challenges won’t be over. It’s just a test. Before we got married, we were in this relationship for 10 years. We have been through a lot. This is just one of the struggles that we’ve overcome.”
3. Various of wedding ceremony
STORYLINE:
Jade Rick Verdillo and Jamaica Aguilar were determined to walk down the aisle on their wedding day. Even if it meant walking down a flooded one.
On Tuesday, the Barasoain church in Malolos, Bulacan province, Philippines flooded due to heavy rain.
Typhoon Whipa had intensified seasonal monsoon rains in the Philippines, bringing widespread flooding.
The couple anticipated the risk of flooding, but instead of letting the weather dampen the mood, they decided to push through.
“I feel that challenges won’t be over. It’s just a test," said Verdillo.
"Before we got married, we were in this relationship for 10 years. We have been through a lot. This is just one of the struggles that we’ve overcome.”
Aguilar waded down the aisle with her white dress and wedding train floating behind her through waters almost up to her knees.
Despite the turbulent weather, some family and friends made it to the wedding.
More than 80,000 people remained in emergency shelters in the Philippines on Tuesday after floods, landslides and tidal surges caused by Typhoon Wipha.
Wipha weakened overnight whilst over water and was downgraded to a tropical storm before making landfall in Vietnam on Tuesday.
AP video shot by Aaraon Favila
Production by Haruka Nuga
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