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Video Post: Emergency Shelter after Typhoon Yolanda

February 16, 2014 – 2:06 pm
Video Still Emergency Shelter

Many thousands of homes were totally destroyed when super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) struck the Philippines on November 8, 2013. Many of those left homeless in Tacloban City immediately set about building a new place to stay after the typhoon. They sorted through the rubble and debris piles, pulling out whatever useable lumber and galvanized tin they could find and quickly hammered together some emergency shelter. …

Video Post: Temp Housing at Market after Typhoon Yolanda

February 16, 2014 – 3:29 pm
Video Still Market Temp Housing

After super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), people in Tacloban had to find shelter wherever they could. Many people moved into the spaces under and around the new fish market building. As far as I understand the history, this entire area used to consist of squatter housing. Then the people who lived there were moved out to make room for this new fish market. With their homes …

Video Post: Aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda

February 17, 2014 – 10:07 am
Video Still Walk Through Anibong

The area shown in this video was a thriving seashore community in Tacloban City before super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) roared through and flattened it. The video was shot on December 7, 2013, about a month after the typhoon, and people have already cleared away most of the debris and rubble and started to rebuild.