This part of Tacloban City faces across the bay toward San Jose and the airport. As such, it was directly in line with the storm surge and the strong winds of the typhoon. Most of the houses along the shoreline were completely destroyed and the debris from those houses was carried up to the street that follows the shore. For a long time, the street shown here was completely impassable because of the huge piles of debris. By the time I shot this video, certain sections of the street had been cleared and work continued to clear the rubble from the area where the houses once stood.

At one point in the video, you can hear a young girl say to me, “What is happening to the world?” I heard this question/statement from a lot of people, and I got the impression that they were repeating something they heard elsewhere. I’m not sure where.

Tags: Philippines Bike Trip 2013, San Jose, Super Typhoon Yolanda, Tacloban, Tacloban City, typhoon