As the Philippines prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Haiyan, Mayor Alfred Romualdez said survivors had 'moved on' from the disaster.
TACLOBAN CITY — Filipino widow Agatha Ando has learned to laugh again in the decade after Super Typhoon Haiyan smashed into the central Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving millions homeless.
In the aftermath, their mangled bodies were hastily wrapped in wet blankets and a scavenged tarpaulin, and buried a few meters from where Ando's house now stands. As the Philippines prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Haiyan, Romualdez said survivors had "moved on" from the disaster.Scientists have long warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world becomes warmer because of human-driven climate change.
"I feel in terms of the national government, in terms of the local government, there were a lot of lessons learned," said Romualdez. Hazard maps used by government agencies are also updated regularly, weather alerts are issued earlier and in local languages, and preemptive evacuations are standard practice.Posadas said local governments now used their own funds, food packs and rescue personnel instead of relying on the national government, enabling them to respond to disasters more quickly.
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