“Her favorite pastime was fashion,” Arnold said. “She didn’t like looking at magazines or going to fancy stores, but preferred to make her own creations from used clothing she would find at thrift stores.... And they always looked fabulous on her.”
studies have found that typhoons are becoming stronger and wetter. In its State of the Climate in Asia 2021 report on Monday, the World Meteorological Organization concluded economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have risen sharply in Asia. Weather- and water-related disasters, the U.N. agency found, affected 50 million people and caused $35.6 billion in damages.“Weather, climate and water extremes are becoming more frequent and intense in many parts of the world as a result of climate change,” Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the WMO, said in a statement. “We have more water vapor in the atmosphere, which leads to extreme rainfall and deadly flooding. The warming of the ocean fuels more powerful tropical storms, and rising sea levels increase the impacts.”
Nearly a decade after Typhoon Haiyan left 7,300 people dead or missing, families in the Philippines are still adjusting to relocation following the climate disaster. (Nov. 17) (AP video: Joeal “Bogie” Calupitan and Aaron Favila/Production: Brittany Peterson)In coastal villages hit hardest by Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Super Typhoon Yolanda, the damage is still on full display — damaged homes with roofs and walls caved in, foundations of others with only toilets remaining. The government has moved to demolish many of the remaining homes, though a few residents are refusing to relocate.A cargo ship that washed ashore has become a popular tourist attraction. But Emelita Abillille, a fish vendor in the village of Anibong with her husband and five children, said she cries whenever she sees the ship.
Tourists pose on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, for a picture on top of the bow of M/V Eva Jocelyn, at the coastal village of Anibong, an area badly hit by super Typhoon Haiyan when it struck the province nine years ago, in Tacloban city, central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)Tourists pose on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, for a picture on top of the bow of M/V Eva Jocelyn, at the coastal village of Anibong, an area badly hit by super Typhoon Haiyan when it struck the province nine years ago, in Tacloban city, central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Jeremy Garing drinks with his neighbors outside their house in Tacloban, central Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Jeremy Garing drinks with his neighbors outside their house in Tacloban, central Philippines on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)“Now they’re using tools of the state to actually go after people,” said a Columbia graduate student from South Asia who has been active in protests and spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about losing her visa.
Some supporters of deportation say they’re focused on students whose activities go beyond protest, pointing to those who incite violence or“If you’re here, right, on a student visa causing civil unrest ... assaulting people on the streets, chanting for people’s death, why the heck did you come to this country?” said Eliyahu Hawila, the software engineer whose company built the tool designed to identify masked protesters.
But an Arab-American advocate said he worries that groups bent on exposing pro-Palestinian activists will make mistakes and single out students who did nothing wrong, potentially costing them the right to stay in the U.S.Contact AP’s global investigative team at