Asia | Typhoon Haiyan
Worse than hell
One of the strongest storms ever recorded has devastated parts of the Philippines, and relief is slow to arrive
|CEBU, HANOI AND MANILA
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Worse than hell”
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