SURIGAO CITY, Philippines (AFP): Jennifer Vetonio stands on a road in the southern Philippines begging for money and food from passing drivers. A week after Super Typhoon Rai destroyed her house, she has not received a scrap of government aid.
Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless after Rai cut a swathe through the vast archipelago last Thursday (Dec 16), knocking out power across entire islands and leaving desperate survivors pleading for help.
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