By — Carey Reed Carey Reed Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/year-later-murals-mark-devastation-left-typhoon-haiyan Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Philippines marks one year since Typhoon Haiyan with a pop of color World Nov 8, 2014 5:51 PM EST To mark the one-year anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan that killed at least 6,300 people and displaced millions of others, Filipino artists painted murals on the outer walls of a public cemetery in Tacloban, the city hardest hit by the typhoon on Nov. 8, 2013. They painted scenes showing the destruction caused by the typhoon, which the Government of the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) estimated affected 16 million people. One mural featured a colorful, long, curling wave in front of homes left with only their frames. Another had an overturned red car with a baseball cap hovering above it. And there was a painting of bright blue tents, with red openings; the temporary homes survivors have been living in for months. PBS NewsHour reported on the slow-moving reconstruction process in Tacloban in June: According to a recent Associated Press report, roughly 3,000 people remain living in tents in Tacloban. The city government has promised to move them into permanent housing by January 2015. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now By — Carey Reed Carey Reed Carey Reed assists in covering breaking and feature news for NewsHour Weekend's website. She also helps the NewsHour Weekend broadcast team in the production of the show. She is interested in the flourishing fields of data journalism and information visualization and recently graduated, with honors, from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. @careyereed
To mark the one-year anniversary of Typhoon Haiyan that killed at least 6,300 people and displaced millions of others, Filipino artists painted murals on the outer walls of a public cemetery in Tacloban, the city hardest hit by the typhoon on Nov. 8, 2013. They painted scenes showing the destruction caused by the typhoon, which the Government of the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) estimated affected 16 million people. One mural featured a colorful, long, curling wave in front of homes left with only their frames. Another had an overturned red car with a baseball cap hovering above it. And there was a painting of bright blue tents, with red openings; the temporary homes survivors have been living in for months. PBS NewsHour reported on the slow-moving reconstruction process in Tacloban in June: According to a recent Associated Press report, roughly 3,000 people remain living in tents in Tacloban. The city government has promised to move them into permanent housing by January 2015. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now