In this photo provided by Greenpeace, damaged homes due to Typhoon Rai remain in Surigao city, Surigao del Norte, southern Philippines on Dec 19, 2021.- AP
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): In parts of Visayas and Mindanao, the Christmas holiday that families and communities have been looking forward to as a break from the country's grinding pandemic hardships has just been obliterated.
Super typhoon "Odette" barrelled through central and southern Philippines last week after its first landfall on Thursday (Dec 16), with 3,286 villages and more than 1.81 million individuals finding themselves directly on its path.
