In the withered heart of the typhoon disaster zone, defeated survivors abandoned hopes Tuesday of a dignified burial for their loved ones and tried to flee aboard military planes.

Four days after Super Typhoon Yolanda slammed the Visayas, the worst-hit islands of Leyte and Samar remained largely cut off.

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