Limasawa typhoon victims homeless but not hopeless
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 a...