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Mass-burial in Philippines

The dead bodies of Typhoon Haiyan victims in Tacloban are buried in mass-graves

16.11.2013 - Update : 16.11.2013
Mass-burial in Philippines

TACLOBAN
 
Tacloban province of Philippines which is almost totally destructed by Typhoon Haiyan is trying to recover from the disaster.

The dead bodies of the typhoon victims are carried to centers established in different regions of the disaster zone and mass-buried in graves.

The bodies had been on streets for more than one week before having mass-buried to the graves opened by excavators 4 km away from the province.

A woman having a trauma after the disaster wanted to swim to an island close to Tacloban with her two children on a refrigerator.

The woman reportedly broke the locker of the refrigerator and got on it to float to the next island but she was noticed by the people around and prevented. 

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