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A resident gestures next to a collapsed building after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast, in Portoviejo, Ecuador, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Henry Romero
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Local residents walk past debris as a wave breaks nearby in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on March 14, 2015. (Reuters/Unicef Pacific)
Huge Pacific cyclone devastates Vanuatu, at least eight dead
Sydney, Reuters—One of the Pacific Ocean’s most powerful storms ever devastated the island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees and killing at least eight people with the toll set to rise, aid officials said. The United Nations was...Caption:
A handout photo from the Military News Agency, made available on 13 November 2013, shows Filipino solders and volunteers unload relief goods from a Taiwan C-130 military cargo plane at the Cebu International Airport in the Philippines on 12 November 2013. (EPA/MILITARY NEWS AGENCY)
Philippine Typhoon Survivors Seek to Flee City Amid Aid Trickle
Manila, Bloomberg News—Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan sought to flee a city devastated by the storm in the southern Philippines as emergency aid became bottlenecked and hungry, exhausted locals resorted to looting. “The magnitude of the devastation is overwhelming...Caption:
Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane on November 12, 2013, in Tacloban, central Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Tons of aid in Philippines, but not where needed
Tacloban, AP—The day after Typhoon Haiyan struck the eastern Philippine coast, a team of 15 doctors and logistics experts was ready to fly here to the worst-hit city to help. On Tuesday, five days into what could be the country’s deadliest disaster, they were...Caption:
Residents try to salvage belongings in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on November 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)