Yolanda's Effects Compilation

I have compiled the following reports on what happened in my mother's hometown in Tolosa, located in the Province of Leyte in the Philippines, after Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) struck the island province last 8th November 2013:

Capangihan- 8 November 2013:

An balay han akon lola amo an ginhimo nga evacuation center pagkatapos matumba an puno han acacia didto ha eskwelahan atubang han balay han akon lola. Nandadlagan an mga tawo tikadto han balay han akon lola, nahuruot hira didto an iba sinirong didto ha lababo. Nahadlok hira kay makusog hin duro an hangin.

(My grandmother's house served as a temporary evacuation center after the school across the road was demolished by an uprooted acacia tree. Most likely someone opened the unlocked gate, since it was reported that around a hundred evacuees stormed into the house. Someone even hid underneath the sink, since the wind was so darn powerful that it scared the people.)

An balay han akon lola ngan lolo

(My grandparent's house)

Some NGOs distributing relief goods in Capangihan

Tolosa - 8 November 2013:

The coastal town of Tolosa was devastated. My uncle's house there got decimated. It's second story got demolished. Nearly all the trees in the seashore were uprooted. No wonder it's now warm there, which is bad news to tree lovers like me.

The Coastline in Tolosa After Yolanda

Driving around Tolosa

Tacloban:

I do not have any reports of extraordinary things happening there (such as the sudden transformation of my grandmother's house into an evacuation center described above).