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Philippines remembers thousands killed a year after typhoon Haiyan
2014-11-08 07:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Candles lit up the streets of the central Philippine city worst-hit by the strongest storm to make landfall as thousands remembered more than 6,300 people who died a year ago when typhoon Haiyan smashed into the country. Before dawn on Saturday, more than 5,000 people holding white balloons and candles mournfully walked around the regional capital Tacloban City, passing through areas flattened by Haiyan's 250 kph (155 mph) winds and seven-metre high storm surge. Church bells peeled and sirens...
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