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Typhoon Haiyan

‘I’ve never walked through an area with so many bodies’

Development & Education

One week after Typhoon Haiyan, or Typhoon Yolanda is it is known locally, ravaged the central Philippines, the scope of the tragedy is still hard to grasp. One reporter describes the situation today in Tacloban.

Typhoon

Super Typhoon Haiyan can be blamed on climate change, right? Maybe not

Environment
Residents walk along the coastal village while strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered Bayog town in Los Banos, Laguna, south of Manila November 8, 2013.

Monster storm Haiyan batters the Philippines

Environment
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