belongings

My office belongings still packed up in my car, I drove to Canter’s Deli on Fairfax.

On returning the following day to retrieve some belongings, she said the flood had completely swallowed the house: "It's already sunk."

While the donations represent only a fraction of the ongoing recovery effort, officials say international attention has helped amplify local relief work and drawn new resources to survivors who lost homes, belongings and loved ones.

Now homeless, the Cheungs have moved into a hotel, all of their belongings stored in a bright yellow plastic rolling suitcase small enough to fit into an airplane’s overhead bin.

Their keycards suddenly stopped working, locking some customers out with their belongings still inside.