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Dec 14, 2013
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“Tindog Tacloban!” read a large poster in the center of this destroyed Leyte city in the Philippines. It roughly meant “stand up Tacloban” and was a sign that things were changing in a city devastated by Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), which was hit on Nov. 9 by sustained winds up to 230 kmp and gusts up to 315 kmph

In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, …

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