THE unprecedented horror that befell Tacloban City should prod officials to seriously consider rebuilding the city on higher and safer ground so that it withstand another typhoon as powerful as Yolanda, a renowned urban planner said.

Architect Felino “Jun” Palafox Jr. said that if he were to spearhead the rehabilitation of Tacloban, he would transform the city into the world’s center for climate change.

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