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A family in the back of a pickup truck distributes bottled water to stranded drivers and cargo truck helpers outside the port of Lipata in Surigao City on Tuesday (19 September 2024). Barge trips to Leyte have been limited since September 14 due to strong to gale-force wind warnings issued by the PAGASA weather bureau associated with the southwest monsoon along the eastern seaboard of Mindanao. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO