By ANTON L. DELGADO, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Philippine victims of a 2021 typhoon are seeking compensation from energy giant Shell for deaths and damage that they say were intensified by climate change partly resulting from the oil and gas company’s carbon emissions.

FILE -A ‘help’ sign is painted on the roof beside damaged homes caused by Typhoon Rai in Siargao island, Surigao del Norte, southern Philippines on, Dec. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Alren Beronio, File)

Shell says it is not legally liable for the disaster wreaked by 2021 Super Typhoon Odette , known as Typhoon Rai internationally. It killed more than 400 people and was the second most costly storm in Philippine history.

The nearly 70 Filipinos who lost family members, suffered injuries or damage sent a “Letter Before A

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