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GROUND ZERO. A makeshift house built by typhoon survivors in Limasawa Island in Southern Leyte in this Dec. 27, 2021 photo. Residents here demonstrate resilience despite crisis. (PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte - Typhoon Odette's fierce winds destroyed houses and shattered the livelihood of thousands of residents in this small island, but their will to rise up from the rubble stood firm. Antonio Oposa, 49, turned emotional when waves whipped by powerful winds washed away their house in Magallanes village, the site of the First Mass in the Philippines held 500 years ago. "I could not do anything while seeing our house swept away by chest-deep waves. I cried after the typhoon, but I am still happy that all of us survived," Oposa told the Philippine News Agency. Just a stone throw away from their house is a tall pilgrimage center still under construction designated as the community's evacuation center where Oposa's family and hundreds of reside ....

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