The Southeast Asian nation’s monthslong festive period is more frequently being marked by climate devastation.
A man wades past houses—some decorated for Christmas—that have flooded due to a swollen river caused by heavy rains and induced by Super Typhoon Man-yi in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province, Philippines, on Nov. 19, 2024.starting in September. The heavily Catholic country of nearly 120 million people is serious about the festive season. However, this time of year has recently taken a much more somber tone for many Filipino families.
Children display signage with Christmas greetings as they ask for alms along a highway in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte province, Philippines, on Dec. 25, 2021.The recent increase in Christmas typhoons is not conclusively caused by man-made climate change.
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