Pablo’s legacy
Typhoon Bopha - locally called "Pablo" - tore Mindanao island down on December 4th 2012, leaving nearly 2000 dead and over 2600 injured.
Almost two months after Pablo struck the island, survivors still live inside makeshift evacuation centres inside public facilities such as stadiums, gyms, and classrooms. Government interventions merely consist of food and money distributions to the people.
216.000 houses were destroyed by powerful winds or swamped out by rivers of mud that collapsed from the mountains. Families who lost everything are waiting to get back to their everyday lives.