Please don’t worry, she wrote

Homeless but not hopeless: A resident standing on the ruins of his house caused by Super Typhoon Rai in San Jose, Dinagat island. — AFP

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 yesterday 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.