Typhoon Yolanda: Man Dies Saving Nephew in Panay Island
By Caesar Ryan Rosales
Typhoon Yolanda Story Hub Visayas
TAPAZ, Panay Island - In the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, stories of heroism have emerged from the desolate fourth class mountainous municipality of Tapaz, province of Capiz in Panay Island, Central Philippines – one of the worst hit by the monster howler that affected almost 2 million Filipinos last Nov. 8, 2013.
Housewife Olivia Glory, 41, sadly remembers the last request of her husband before he died.
“Please take good care of our children,” said Roberto Glory, Olivia’s husband, whose body was flattened by a falling wall of a church from Typhoon Yolanda’s killer winds. Read the rest of the story here.
Typhoon Yolanda Story Hub Visayas is a Citizen Journalism Portal created on Nov. 13, 2013 by veteran journalists, student writers, mobile journalists, and photographers based in Iloilo City, Panay Island, Central Philippines. The Story Hub tells the stories behind the stories when Typhoon Yolanda (Int’l name: Haiyan) lashed through Panay Island — severely damaging Northern Iloilo and the provinces of Antique, Capiz, and Aklan.
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