Ronel Reubal, 27, may have been lucky to survive the strongest storm ever to hit the planet last year, but grim memories from the disaster continue to haunt him.

Reubal, who sells puto (native rice cakes) in Tacloban City to support himself and his young son, lost his wife Ailen and unborn child and nine other relatives when giant waves churned by Yolanda swept inland on November 8, 2014.

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