CRS staffer Ross Tomlinson, in tan CRS vest, hands out plastic tarps at a CRS and Caritas Norway distribution of 700 emergency shelters in the town of Palo, on the east side of the island of Leyte in central Philippines. Along with the tarps, families receive nails, a hammer and rope, and each group of 10 families also receives additional tools: two handsaws, a shovel, a crowbar, a digging bar and measuring tape.
Palo and the surrounding area were struck by Typhoon Haiyan on November 8, 2013. It is considered the strongest storm ever to make landfall.