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24 November 2013

Typhoon Survivor: "Water Up To My Chest"

Maria Riza Gallano, a 24-year-old resident of Tacloban in the Philippines, describes her experience of the typhoon which hit her town on November 9. She describes being in water up to her chest and fleeing to the roof of her building with her family. She also talks about her feelings at the moment when food assistance arrived.