'I'm ok': 'Odette' survivors write letters to loved ones

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In this drone photo taken on December 17, 2021, and received from the Philippine navy December 20, shows an aerial shot of destroyed houses in San Jose town, Dinagat island, a day after super Typhoon Rai devastated the island.

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SURIGAO CITY — With no mobile signal or internet to contact loved ones, typhoon survivors stranded on a devastated Philippine island have written letters to reassure worried relatives they are alive. 

 

Photos of the touching missives were posted Monday on the Facebook page of Dinagat Islands Governor Arlene Bag-ao, who has been able to get online during trips to the neighbouring island of Mindanao where she is seeking help for her constituents.

 

"We are happy to be alive," Aimee Antonio-Jimeno wrote in a letter dated December 19 and addressed to "my dearest sister".

 

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