9 Stunning Then And Now Photos Showing How Far The Philippines Has Come Since Typhoon Haiyan

The storm, which made landfall a year ago this week, was the most powerful to ever hit the Philippines.

It's been a year since Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines, wiping out low-lying coastal communities.

More than 7,000 people either died or went missing in the storm, which was the most powerful to ever make landfall.

These nine composite images show how residents have been rebuilding their shattered towns.

The coastline in Tacloban City.

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Tacloban City.

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A road along from the airport in Tacloban City.

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Tacloban's Astrodome, which doubled as an evacuation center during the typhoon.

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A road along from the airport in Tacloban.

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The main road in Tacloban City's Anibong district.

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Debris in Tacloban

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The entrance to San Roque Elementary School in Tolosa District, Leyte.

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Basper Cemetery on the outskirts of Tacloban City. After the typhoon, bodies were placed on a road before being buried in a mass grave.

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