Philippines searches for answers 10 years after Typhoon Haiyan

Disaster mitigation woeful despite lessons from deadly cyclone, critics say

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Mass graves are a stark reminder of the more than 6,000 people killed in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. © Reuters

MICHAEL BELTRAN, Contributing writer

TACLOBAN, Philippines -- Mayeth Martinez has been left homeless twice since Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the central Philippines a decade ago, killing thousands and causing billions of dollars in damage.

The November 2013 tropical cyclone, one of the most powerful on record, swept away Martinez's seafront home in Tacloban where once-bustling neighborhoods were flattened by 300-kilometer-an-hour winds, torrential rain and crashing waves.

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