Typhoon victims refuse to eat ‘tainted’ fish

Rural communities hit by the super typhoon in the Philippines are refusing to eat fish for fear it may contain human remains, while their livelihoods were also destroyed during the coastal destruction.

Business in Roxas, the fishing capital of the Philippines, has come to a halt with its industry left in limbo while shanty towns made of bamboo on the same island have nearly all been levelled.

UN figures now say 1.1m homes in the Philippines were demolished or damaged by Typhoon Haiyan, which struck two weeks ago today. Some 5.1m people lost their livelihoods while at least 4,000 have been confirmed dead.