The floods mainly wrought havoc on the lives of workers, the unemployed, farmers, fisherfolk, rank and file employees and small professionals and other ordinary folk.
Pangunahing sinalanta ng mga pagbaha ang mga manggagawa, mga maralitang walang hanapbuhay, mga magsasaka, mangingisda, maliliit na kawani at propesyunal at iba pang karaniwang mamamayan.