"We couldn't save our crops," Salicisik said from his rural village outside Tacloban. Meanwhile, rice seeds from the national government and aid organizations are slowly finding their way to farmers like Norberto Salicisik. Many fishermen's boats were damaged or destroyed while agriculture was also devastated in the region. Although they have been quick to restart their livelihood or a small business selling goods beside their makeshift tents, survivors like Magadua and his extended family are largely reliant on dwindling international aid relief for food and materials for shelter. Magadua recently received a bank loan to replace his fishing boat. "The only things we had left were the clothes we were wearing." "We clung to our rooftops during the storm," Magadua said. Thousands died because of powerful winds and a wall of water reaching 20 feet or higher. Magadua, a fisherman since he was a boy, is a resident of a coastal village where hundreds survived by clinging to coconut trees or by swimming for nearly two hours in the black ocean water that engulfed parts of Tacloban city and surrounding islands. As Samuel Magadua walked along the muddy seashore littered with clothes, shoes and other debris, he spoke of a sister still missing since Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines five months ago, leaving more than 7,000 people dead and millions still without livelihood and homes.
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