Typhoon victims face bleak, dark new year

With their homes wrecked and power lines knocked down, victims of Typhoon “Ursula” (“Phanfone”) face a bleak and dark new year as they scramble to rise from the massive devastation wrought by the typhoon.

Several areas have been placed under a state of calamity, including the provinces of Eastern Samar and Leyte, Biliran Islands and Tacloban City.