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Latest on-the-ground reports of devastation -- and hope -- in Siargao from an expat British couple | Reports of newly-arrived relief goods stockpiled at Siargao Island Institute of Technology

British couple reports from Siargao; relief goods possibly stockpiled at SIIT

A British couple who had been building a life in Siargao and documenting this on their YouTube channel Eight Miles from Home have so far compiled a remarkable on-the-ground account of the impact Typhoon Rai (local codename “Odette”) has had on life in the island.