Tag: typhoon yolanda
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Blow by blow
Since the super typhoon made a landfall in the Visayas islands, I’ve been looking for a detailed narrative of what happened at ground zero because reportage on Day 1 was crippled by busted power and satellite signals. Here, thanks to a contact of friend Izah Morales, I found a harrowing account of a person who […]
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Back from El Nido
A trip to El Nido, Palawan is supposed to be a respite from the world’s madness, until super typhoon Yolanda came from Visayas barreling to Northern Palawan. Since we were cut off from social media for a while, Mike and I received our daily news of the Visayas tragedy from TV broadcasts, while we got […]
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