An estimated 335 people are dead or missing and some 630,000 are homeless after almost a month's rain fell in just 24 hours in some parts of the country.
Five thousand copies of a booklet of Bible passages, used in America after the 9/11 terror attacks, have already been given to aid agencies. But now 100,000 dollars is needed to print and distribute 50,000 more booklets and another 50,000 copies of the Bible.
Bible Society Marketing Manager Perry Catera was one of a number of workers caught up in the storms. Perry lives in Marikina one of the hardest hit areas. She says: 'The floodwaters rose so fast, they were more than 10ft deep in just about an hour. My mother and nephew left when the waters were waist-deep inside our house, by climbing to the roof. The water was already 7ft high outside.'
Nora Lucero, General Secretary of the Philippines Bible Society says, 'In all, 3.1 million people have been affected by this disaster. Bibles have been washed away from homes and many churches left underwater. Now more than ever people need God's Word to give them hope and sustain them in the coming months'.
The Philippines Bible Society is already running a campaign to give a million Bibles to people in the Philippines. The campaign calls on people to work together in what the Filipinos call 'Bayanihan', a spirit of compassion, to support and help those most in need. It's feared many of those bibles already delivered will have been lost in the storms. Now the Philippines Bible Society says the need is more desperate than ever.