TOKYO -- Part of growing up on the outskirts of Manila, 25-year-old Mitzi Jonelle Tan says, is living with the "very real" fear of drowning in your own bedroom.

A resident of Rizal province, the Philippines, wades through a flooded street after Typhoon Vamco struck the country in November 2020. © Reuters
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