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A crippled nation battles a tide of desperation
Posted by ClimateWire: Coleen Jose on November 19th, 2013
ClimateWire: More than a week after what may be the most powerful recorded storm ever to hit land, the Philippines is a nation on the move, with an enormous dislocation of people fleeing crushed homes; severely wounded cities; a lack of food, electricity, phones and clean water; and spreading disease. Meanwhile, other vehicles fight the huge tide of people, trying to bring help to the worst-hit places.
"It was the most surreal homecoming," recalled Daryl Daño as she bumped along a wreckage-strewn road on the...
Most of Manila left underwater as record storms sweep parts of Asia
Posted by ClimateWire: Coleen Jose on August 24th, 2013
ClimateWire: A state of disaster was declared in parts of the northern Philippines earlier this week as a monsoon and typhoon brought incessant rain in the region for three days, triggering mass evacuations and affecting more than 1 million people. Although Typhoon Trami has left the nation and made landfall in southern China yesterday, causing fresh flooding in the region, residents continue to wade in thick mud and water that is chest-deep in some areas. The weather-related deaths, which have risen to 21,...
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