10 years after Yolanda, Tacloban City rises from the ruins

Filipino widow Agatha Ando has learned to laugh again in the decade after Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) smashed into the central Philippines, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving millions homeless.

Fierce winds tore apart houses and toppled trees as tsunami-like waves whipped up by the storm obliterated mostly poor coastal communities on November 8, 2013.

Tacloban bore the brunt of Yolanda's fury and had to be rebuilt almost from scratch.

Now, it looks like any other Filipino city, with traffic-clogged streets and bustling restaurants.

An 18-kilometer (11-mile) seawall has been built along the coast to protect it against future storm surges.

Photos by AFP

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