More than 11,000 people have been displaced after Super Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Yolanda, tore a path of destruction through central Philippines last Friday. At least 4,000 are feared dead. One writer reflects on the latest disaster to hit his home country.
OF the first images of the devastating power that Super Typhoon Yolanda bore as it barrelled through the Visayan islands, what struck me most was the grainy footage of the frenzied swaying of chandeliers in an old cathedral in Leyte whose roof was torn piece by piece by the howling wind.