TACLOBAN: Schools reopened on Monday in badly damaged central Philippine towns for the first time since one of the world’s strongest storms ever to hit land killed thousands two months ago.

Crowding into makeshift classrooms built from tarpaulins and plywood, the children—many of them still traumatized—sat quietly as teachers tried to engage them in friendly banter.

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