Trails of destruction still visible a year on after super typhoon

Trails of destruction still visible a year on after super typhoon

LEYTE, Philippines - A laborer works on a new classroom building on Oct. 21, 2014 in Tanauan town in the central Philippine province of Leyte, replacing classrooms totally destroyed by supertyphoon Haiyan almost a year ago. While much has improved in the people's lives nearly a year since the tragedy that caused massive devastation, full recovery has yet to be achieved.

ADB's Nakao in Leyte

ADB's Nakao in Leyte

TANAUAN, Philippines - Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao visits a primary school in Tanauan on Leyte Island, the Philippines, on Feb. 11, 2014. He visited areas of the island damaged by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.

Japanese quake-hit city assists storm-ravaged Filipino fishermen

Japanese quake-hit city assists storm-ravaged Filipino fishermen

Local residents paddle a boat near a fish pen set up with funding from the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Tanauan on the typhoon-hit Philippine island of Leyte on Oct. 28, 2015. Higashimatsushima city, a famous oyster-farming area in northeastern Japan, is assisting JICA in supporting Leyte's aquaculture industry with knowhow from its own recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese quake-hit city assists storm-ravaged Filipino fishermen

Japanese quake-hit city assists storm-ravaged Filipino fishermen

A fisherman in Tanauan on the typhoon-hit Philippine island of Leyte lifts a bunch of cultivated oysters on Oct. 28, 2015. Higashimatsushima city, a famous oyster-farming area in northeastern Japan, is assisting the Japan International Cooperation Agency in supporting Leyte's aquaculture industry with knowhow from its own recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo