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A crippled nation battles a tide of desperation
2013-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: More than a week after what may be the most powerful recorded storm ever to hit land, the Philippines is a nation on the move, with an enormous dislocation of people fleeing crushed homes; severely wounded cities; a lack of food, electricity, phones and clean water; and spreading disease. Meanwhile, other vehicles fight the huge tide of people, trying to bring help to the worst-hit places. "It was the most surreal homecoming," recalled Daryl Dao as she bumped along a wreckage-strewn road on the...
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