Typhoon Haiyan: the journey to reconnect a family
As it happened: the journey across the Philippines to reconnect a family divided by Typhoon Haiyan.
Locals say climate change is making tropical storms more intense, as mass evacuations ahead of Typhoon Hagupit put most Fiilipinos out of harm’s way.
Like most people in the Philippines, we are waiting with some anxiety for the great collision – the moment when super typhoon Hagupit makes landfall on the archipelago’s eastern shore.
As it happened: the journey across the Philippines to reconnect a family divided by Typhoon Haiyan.
It has been some entry into the world for Inisto Barlas, born the day before the Typhoon Haiyan hit, made homeless on his second day of life.
Haiyan may be gone, but the process of dealing with the carnage that’s been left behind is just beginning. And, unfortunately, the threat of more bad weather looms in the coming days.
Out in the remote areas of the Philippines, people aren’t concerned with how many have been killed in the Typhoon Haiyan – but with making sure they aren’t added to the number. Alex Thomson joined an airforce rescue mission.