Philippines marks five years since its deadliest storm

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Philippines marks five years since its deadliest stormPhilippine survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan recalled their terror and loss in memorial gatherings held Thursday for the thousands killed five years ago in the country's worst storm on record. Then the strongest typhoon to ever hit land, Haiyan left more than 7,360 people dead or missing across the central Philippines, with a tsunami-like storm surge wiping out communities and triggering a global humanitarian response. In Tacloban, the worst-hit city, residents painted gravestones in memory of the typhoon dead.


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