Now all that remains is a crude map, a quick sketch on a blackboard ... emphasizing the difference from other villages on Leyte island, where bamboo huts are the norm. But they were no match ...

LOS BANOS, Laguna, Philippines – Has the island of Leyte become the disaster capital ... hazard and vulnerability maps for typhoons, floods and fires. The flood disaster map showed areas ...

The map below shows the path of the storm through the Philippines. The worst-affected islands include Leyte and Cebu. Relief Web has produced estimates of the numbers of people affected in each ...