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ANDERSON COOPER APPOINTED U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES

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imageWashington, D.C. – President Barack Obama has nominated CNN’s Anderson Cooper to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Philippines.  The White House announcement on the nomination came on the heels of Cooper’s live reporting on the aftermath of super typhoon Haiyan which has devastated many cities and towns in Central Philippines.  He is the host of the popular CNN news program, AC 360. His reports from Tacloban, the worst-hit among the cities in the province of Leyte, gained both praise and criticism.

Many Filipinos, including expatriates from all over the world, have praised Cooper’s early coverage of the devastation in Tacloban and the Philippine government’s rescue and relief efforts which he described as lacking in coordination and clear strategy. On the other hand, Cooper earned the ire of Philippine President Noynoy Aquino who asked for “greater accuracy” in reporting on his government’s relief efforts and to focus on the strong spirit of the Filipino people in facing this calamity. Cooper responded on his news program that accuracy has been his hallmark as a journalist and that his reporting had always pointed to the enormous strength and fighting spirit of the Filipino people.

A Filipino news anchor, Korina Sanchez, speaking from her air-conditioned broadcast studio in Manila, also criticized Cooper for his reporting on the government’s less than stellar response to the needs of Haiyan survivors.  Sanchez said Cooper did not know what he was talking about.  Cooper then challenged Sanchez to do her own reporting at “ground zero” in Tacloban. Sanchez is the wife of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas who is supposed to lead government relief and rescue operations.

In nominating Cooper, Obama said that the CNN journalist is fully qualified for the job and brings with him extensive knowledge and experience with political, social and other issues plaguing foreign governments, including the Philippines.  Obama said that Cooper has also proven himself to be fearless, independent, and sensitive to the interest and needs of both the U.S. and its long-time ally the Philippines.

There seems to be bipartisan support in the Senate for Cooper’s nomination. That in itself is a rarity in America.

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  1. I am a Filipina residing New Jersey. Thank you so much Mr Anderson Cooper. You deserve to be an Ambassador to the Philippines. The Philippine government are so corrupt. Who knows the money that they collected from other countries may be in the pocket of the government people. Help the victims build there houses especially the poor. Hollow blocks at bubong ok na. Kay Corina Sanchez wife of Roxas go to HELL lady koruna isa pa kayong corrupt akala mo makatao ka pero impactA ka naman Korina Sanchez.

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  7. Welcome to the Philippines Sir cooper,i hope that someday this great nation with great history & great people would overcome such all odd’s,sana fair justice,impartiality,no corruption ,with you mr.cooper you can brought out to the international community what is the real scenario of our beloved Philippines,sana with you can alleviate the lives of my country men in terms of help around the globe……sana?

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  8. I hope Anderson Cooper would finally be the US Ambassador to the Philippines, As a journalist he reported the true condition of Leyte and Samar. Stay longer in the Phil. Mr. Cooper we believe you can help us.

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  10. If I will look at the news, my instinct always dictates that these are coming from journalist. Tuning on TV or buying prints for news are like dictates on whom you trust for responsible and balance news. Otherwise, I care not knowing what’s in the news. I’m a Filipino by heart and soul, but knowing the reputation of Mr. Cooper, I will bet my aces on his play rather than those who criticize his reporting about the coverage of calamity in Tacloban. Besides, I also watched news coming even from the station/network where Ms. Sanches works for, and the news were exactly the same as what Mr. Cooper reported. Mr. Cooper has no apparent reason or personal agenda to lie about his reporting. On the other hand, his critics have stakes they want to protect. If this comment has any chance of reaching the attention of Mr. Cooper, I like to let him know that I salute him for his coverage. Please do not be bothered by those critics who are biased in their views. I have this email address, I can help answering all those criticism for you – dads_118@yahoo.com; my web site http://www.truemindset.com

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  12. have you ever went to the yard and turn over a large stone to see what’s under it? Copper did just that.. he exposed the truth behind the Philippine lack government and corrupt officials who care for no one but themselves. How dare Sanchez criticizes someone from a different country reporting the truth of what he see’s on the ground sitting on her ass behind a microphone flapping her mouth making 3million pso/yr. Copper was 5 days late arriving and for him saying there was no one there helping is sad. If he wasn’t their, would there have been a global response at all?

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  13. korina will still be telling a lie if anderson did not arrive on site to tell the world what is going on in tacloban. end of story

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    1. Sorry to disappoint you, but this article is a hoax. The current United States Ambassador to the Philippines is Harry K. Thomas, Jr. and the Deputy Chief of Mission is Brian L. Goldbeck.

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  15. What are we fighting for? We are all ignorant. Does anyone knew what was the real caused? Earthquake? Typhoon? and Tsunami? Instant killing of the innocent people, worst than the first world. Second world war, to eradicate the Jews, Third world War, drugs/alcohol and tsunami. Great American!

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  16. Mr. Cooper the problem is our govt.officials.the population of leyte is only 2.1 million but the amount received is billion why not give every family 1 million each plus so many aids given to them from other country it would be a good start for them to have anew life politics…exist people are the one suffering to much

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  17. I can’t wait to see mr anderson cooper to be part of our history…korina just stay home nalang because everybody hates you na…thank you for your service of the filipino.

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  19. tutuong tao ka mr. A Cooper… may puso, paninindigan at malasakit ang ginawang mong paghahayag na ipinarating mo sa buong mundo,\… nakita mo ang pawang katutuhanan, walang kasinungalingan pag babalita..isa lang masasabi ko napakadakilang reporter ka mr. AC sana magising sa katotohanan ang ibang mamamahayag… magbalita ng tutuong kalagayan.. love you mr. AC ikaw na

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  20. He deserves it!! Thank you President Obama.. Hep hep hurray to Anderson Cooper.. I am a Filipino and a resident of USA, Sanchez is a broadcaster as well, yet just as her husband also a corrupt politician..

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    1. The current United States Ambassador to the Philippines is Harry K. Thomas, Jr. and the Deputy Chief of Mission is Brian L. Goldbeck. This article is a hoax.

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  23. Mr anderson may have announced to d entire world how incompetent our phil govt is but somehow it should be a lesson learned. Our government officials should have “hiya” and not rummage over the relief goods or think of how r they going to put in their pockets d monetary aide that the other countries sent to give away to d victims of haiyan. Mr cooper as a media person have the freedom of expression to report what he sees and what is really happening right there in the site ground zero. Korina on the other hand should think before she criticize mr cooper she was never there in tacloban so y say something which she herself not experiencing what mr cooper is doing being there enduring d smell of d corpses. Si korina panay kaartehan kasi may nakapagsabi sa akin noon na mabaho ang bibig ng babaeng yan not literally bad breath but she always say badwords and she got a very bad temper. She is not mabait taliwas sa image she’s projecting infront of the camera. I may not be living in the phils anymore but if mr cooper would be a very good candidate to be ambassador of our country and he has all the qualifications y not he may be able to help our govt fight corruption or anything to lead our country again to progress.

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  27. Why are we so mad to people who are telling the truth… Mr. Cooper Anderson is just doing his job as a reporter.. He doesn’t have any political interest in our country. He is a journalist who is telling the truth on what he sees in the site. There is no lie about his report for it was all seen in the news. What he did was a wake up call to all of us. Unlike Ms. Sanchez who is bias in her reports for she is protecting the image of her husband who is in the government.

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  28. Yeah. For those who don’t know, President Aquino and Sanchez dated before Korina and Roxas got married. Shame, shame, shame on Korina!

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    1. amen. i would rather be under the power of US than to continue being a citizen where your own government officials do nothing but fckd us up.

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  33. Filipinos we are like a kid we need other countries to do first and lead us to how to solve our own problem. I heard other countries admire on how we work hard,this our strength to keep going.These weaknesses we have is our strength to go on…and move on..thanks for all the good work you have….God bless you more.

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  36. The P.I. Government is so corrupt it’s ridiculous, I say cooper gets my vote. Expose the criminals hiding behind the law and help our country rise above poverty and corruption!

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    1. Our Filipino Government isn’t really doing a remarkable job with our country. It’s no longer Colonialism by America, they already gave us our Independence when we had the chance to be an American territory, but of course, we all know in history that Filipinos are full of themselves and wanted to run the country for themselves. Well, corruption was born~!

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    2. i rather choose Mr.Cooper as well. come to think of it he flew all the way from US to Tacloban a day after storm hit’s.while Mrs. Roxas reporting on her full air conditioned studio.

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    3. Isa ka rin anak ng mga corrupt…ka kurapan lang ang alam nyu..ayaw nyu sa mga americano dahil gusto nyu kayu lang ang yumayaman na nasa puesto…mas mabuti ng nakikita ng mga americano kong gaano ka kurapt ang mga opisyales ng Pilipinas…isa kang anak ng magnanakaw! ipagtangol mo pa sila ok…

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    5. I am proud Filipino but ashamed of the corrupt government.The Filipino govt has already been cursed since Manuel Quezon said in his specch that no matter if the govt is ran like hell as long as its the Filipinos who will run it. Anong napala natin, maga opisyal na magnanakaw!

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  40. I love Anderson Cooper. This country needs one like him. He’s honest. Been there, seen that, reported only what he saw….what’s wrong with that ?

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  41. THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER!!!for sending someone like Mr.Anderson Cooper a man of INTEGRITY and INFLUENCE and SEEKING for the TRUTH for the PEOPLE who cannot speak for themselves like the poor people in the Philippines.My heart is OVERWHELMED and my TEARS is running down on my face as i open up my heart to this letter.because for many years i PRAY that someday things will change in my BELOVED COUNTRY of the PHILIPPINES. That one day there be someone will bring out the TRUTH about how CORRUPTED our own GOVERNMENT and the the poor people just taking it and trying to survive!!! because their cry is not being heard. i hope and PRAY that this will open up the mind of people that they need to be heard and be RESPECTED and TREATED as EQUAL HUMAN BEING and be treated just as FAIRLY even if you have money or not.That the money of our COUNTRY is not for the POLITICIANS to POCKET to INDULGED THEMSELVES in LUXURY but to give back to the COUNTRY to CREATE JOBS for the PEOPLE,to better the LIVES of others, to make IMPROVEMENTS like the roads, improves farming,to create decent WAGES for the people to have better life.That ELECTIONEERING GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES would be FAIR and not to PASS it to SOMEONE because they kin RELATED!!! or POPULAR MOVIE STAR!!! the people of the PHILIPPINES has been going through this since the MARCUS ERA….the RICHE PEOPLE will DENY this,because they are BLINDED by their WEALTH to take from the POOR and feels normal for them to see nothing is wrong…but for the POOR who work so hard all day to earn so he can feed his family for ONE DAY!!! the people in the Philippines work so hard to find work outside the COUNTRY is part of SURVIVING…Because of our GOVERNMENT not giving BACK,the people seek somewhere else to seek JOB…maybe this TIME the TRUTH will REVEALD and the HONOR and FACE is on the LINE and CHANGE for the RIGHT THING is on the WAY!!! we can only PRAY!!!..Mr.Anderson Cooper my RESPECT and my hand SALUTE you for SEEKING the TRUTH for the PEOPLE that are UNFORTUNATE…Sometime TRUTH HURTS….The BIBLE said in JOHN 8:32…then you know the TRUTH and the TRUTH well set you FREE!!!!

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  42. Mr. Cooper you are a great man deserving to be an ambassador to PI, your accurate reporting to the situation and telling the truth is worth emulating by our very own reporters who by their own ways go hayward in their own reporting by not telling the whole truth, you really deserve that position, more power to you!

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  43. Who is rma1202 ? Your a lier and didn’t have the guts to report my comments since
    I was the 4th person to make them. I question the integrity of this author since this so called story is a total lie.

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  44. I know Corina is so defensive about his husband useless dilg secretary kaya ganun na lang ang reaction nya sa report ni AC.. kung sakali man tumakbo asawa nya bilang presidente matalo sana sya at ng hindi na maging first lady ang bitch na si Corina.. pati maid nya na sinampal nya ng sinelas di pa tapos kaso nya…

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  45. I am not taking any sides, but have we asked ourselves what was the real story? We were not there to witnessed the aftermath. Did we do some research to what was really happening during those 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th day after Yolanda? Did Mr. Cooper knows what everybody up to in those times? Did anybody realize how very bad the aftermath? No communication, no airport to land the airplanes, no road access, men in uniforms, government employees are also among the victims, most of all Tacloban was even lost in the Philippines map for a couple of days. Warehouses for calamity preparedness was soaked in water and been destroyed. We cannot compare Japan’s tsunami and Katrina in USA with the aftermath of typhoon Yolanda, transportation and communications was available, where as in Tacloban city have none for few days. We have to broadened our mind to understand what was going on. I encouraged you to those who never send anything to help those victims to please share your blessings.

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    2. Did Mr. Cooper knows what everybody up to in those times? <——— nandun nga cya e. kaya cya ang nakaka-alam at nirereport ung mga nakikita nya. hayzzzz

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      1. As what iread with one of the many comments on yolanda’s destruction to our country and with so many reports this goes out to our govt kung gusto may paraan kung ayaw maraming dahilan…..because if our govt truly is concern then there’s no delaying tactics over the distribution of aide may it be goods or monetary.

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    3. What Anderson Cooper saw was true but does he realize why there are lack in coordination and clear strategy? As Janeth said, “We were not there to witnessed the aftermath. Did we do some research to what was really happening during those 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th day after Yolanda? Did Mr. Cooper knows what everybody up to in those times? Did anybody realize how very bad the aftermath? No communication, no airport to land the airplanes, no road access, men in uniforms, government employees are also among the victims, most of all Tacloban was even lost in the Philippines map for a couple of days. Warehouses for calamity preparedness was soaked in water and been destroyed. We cannot compare Japan’s tsunami and Katrina in USA with the aftermath of typhoon Yolanda, transportation and communications was available, where as in Tacloban city have none for few days. We have to broadened our mind to understand what was going on. I encouraged you to those who never send anything to help those victims to please share your blessings.” Mr. Cooper, before you finalized your comments and conclusions, do more research on the issue because, I must say that Janeth is right on this. Hence, our government is doing all they can to speed up things even one of the AFP personnel cried as I’ve seen on the GMA TV because he can not believe that peaple still say bad things on their effort to help. Have you realize what your president John F. Kennedy said on his inaugural speach during his first term as U.S. president then? He said, “Ask not what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country”. So, instead of yakking, try to give points on how to help on this crucial times in the history of calamity like this, the biggest devastation not only in the Philippines but in the whole world. Got it?

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  46. people, are u pro filipino or american?u alow a foreign personality to lambast korina, a filipino, in our own soil? that ir just not right!

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    3. Benj, this is not about who’s who here. That foreign personality your pointing finger right now is among the individual who helped the victims of Yolanda. I best suggest you review things first before you put up a comment here.

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    4. I am pro-Filipino but depends of what kind of Filipino you. If you are doing good and right then I will be on your side. But I will not agree with you are not right or who ever the case maybe. As far as I know Mr. Cooper did right for telling not only the whole of Philippines and the world that the government is really not doing anything as far as the necessity of the situation is concern.

      I believe that Ms. Korina made a comment just to save the ass of his husband that really doing nothing. And when he did start doing things he need to photographer to take a picture of him just to prove that he helping. MR. SANCHEZ YOU ARE VERY LAME.

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    5. I’m pro truth not pro stupidity. We need to change things but we cant if we always think what is baluktot is correct but correct is baluktot

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    7. It’s not about who side we are on but the reliability of the reports. As we can see Cooper was in Tacloban reporting his observation and also compared it from the tsunami in Japan. On the other hand Sanchez, was in Manila how can she say he doesn’t know what he was talking about? Then on the relief effort by the Government as PNoy is saying, Filipinos know that it’s not efficient especially those who are affected by the typhoon. A lot of people volunteered, other country helped out but what was happening? it still wasn’t improving.

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    8. @benj – you have my sentiments exactly. It is a shame that some Filipinos do not like their fellow Filipinos (just because of that comment) to the extent of lambasting Korina to the core as if she has not contributed to the world of journalism and totally discredit her credibility. Then here comes, Cooper, a foreign journalist with a credibility to boot just like Korina. The only difference is, Cooper is from a “first-class country while Korina is from a third-world.” BIG DIFFERENCE. recall KATRINA…Did the WHITE AMERICANS immediately responded to the calamity then? Everything was devasted. Now, YOLANDA was far stronger than KATRINA and yet, Cooper seemed to have forgotten how it was during the devastation of Korina. Now, Korina may have had information at that time that provoked her to comment like that and that could be the fact that Cooper did not know just yet. KORINA IS KORINA and COOPER IS COOPER. Both are equally credible and distinguished in their won fields. To degrade Korina just like that is not fair and certainly baised. The problem with Filipino is we are too hospitable to our guests to the extent of pleasing them so much. However, Filipinos did not realize that Korina is just human and commits mistakes in the process. If Cooper was doing his job, I suppose Korina was doing the same. Just because she was in an airconditioned room and Cooper was out there, that doesn’t mean that Korina wasn’t doing her job. Sometimes, Filipino mentality sucks. We tend to be unforgiving to fellow Pinoys but we give extra care and sensibility to foreign media just to prove to them that we are kind and sensible. This hospitality thing sometimes, is questionable. I remember an american friend of mine who once told me that he doesn’t really understand the behavioral changes of the Filipinos. He said we are so courteous to other nationals but he observed that we cannot even give the same courtesy and respect to our own race. You know what, I agree with him. But hey, that is Filipino mentality at its finest. Sad but true. Colonial mentality in a Filipino at its best…Shame!!! Now, its over and the time has come to move forward. I am sure that the fans of Cooper will be happy to know that Obama just endorsed him to be the next Ambassador to the Philippines. Great! Now he will have the chance to know the Filipinos for who they really are…

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      1. You are very wrong…I lived here in abroad for 2 decades now I am still as courteous as before to my countrymen..Korina should appreciate what Cooper’s had done..Korina’s attitude was not that of a true Pinoys!!!

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      2. Yup korina was doing her job what sitting and doing nothing i bet she wont be able to stand d smell of the corpses…its not that im siding with mr cooper but u see most of our tv personality like her wont do a job like what me cooper does i bet she would throw up and wont even hug d victims to just try consoling them bcoz they smell. Kaartehan yang c korina and mind u with hurricane katrina d US govt went there right away to aide their fellow americans it did not took them 5 days to give reliefs and as far as i knw no one got hungry bcoz they distributed d foods ryt away. Maybe yes we filipinos are being biased biased of who’s telling d truth. Korina sucks she is full of shit everytime i see her on television trying to be charitable by giving out tsinelas i see her as too superficial plastic tupperware orocan ika nga. Sorry i ve been long informed that she’s not human.

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  49. Ok 1st thing 1st. The CNN report was a great publicity. No matter how it was aired the main goal was achieved. The Philippine need of help was broadcast all over the world which lead to the early preperation and coordination to get relief. 2nd the truth is the world really need to focus less in how;us Filipinos’ facing the calamity; for we are still and will be needing help. 3rd The respond that they did to the CNN achor is really poor and just full of broken pride.Philippines is a young country that still in need of help to stand up and learn to run. We are barely walking perfectly. So for me. Just bite your tounge be thankful and be a less critics. Know when to shut up and be greatful. For I didn’t see nor heard any wrong news of the Philippines. The help from its goverment is slow and understandable for the lost of communication because of the damage phone sites, even one mayor stop the red cross. Don’t be too proud people.

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  50. I am a survivor of the typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in Tacloban. The day after the storm hit i walked all the way from my house to downtown and saw the devastation that was caused by the typhoon. People were on foot everywhere scavenging what they can, debris, posts, trees scattered everywhere like an atomic bomb was dropped on our city. Dead bodies were lined up on the side of the road covered by sacks barely concealing the cadavers and the smell is even worse. I did my trek everyday until the 5th day and people were still doing the same thing with the same bodies lying on the same street, now bloated and about to burst. Relief operations went to slow and the mayor even broke down because no one from the national govt was responding to his requests. But instead, the governor, who has a long feud with the city’s mayor’s family intercepted the relief intended for the city and was handing out the goods less affected by the storm and only about 1/4 of the relief reached the city. Thousands of people strived to get out of the city thru the airport and waited for days without shelter, a feeding program or even just water. Mr. Cooper’s report is the most accurate. Korina Sanchez is using her position to defend her husband who is a puppet of the president to destroy the (mayor) romualdez’ family in order to get back for what happened in the past. I beg of our president, please do not bring politics and power play when it comes to saving the people. The people affected by the calamity are suffering for it.

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