Solar power fuels Surigao island’s rise from Odette

DEL CARMEN, Surigao del Norte, Philippines — Fisherman Bernabe Batican, 62, remembers salvaging a solar panel from among a pile of debris that included his wrecked fishing boat near their house in the island village of Halian. The panel flew off from their roof amid strong winds as Supertyphoon Odette (international name: Rai) barreled through […]

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