Msn: Typhoon Haiyan: Red Cross Estimates 1,200 Dead As Winds Slam Philippines

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Typhoon Haiyan: Red Cross estimates 1,200 dead as winds slam Philippines

 

The death toll from one of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall could top 1,200, the Red Cross said Saturday after winds slammed the Philippines.

 

Early reports suggest 1,000 people have died in the coastal city of Tacloban and at least 200 more in the Samar province, according to Gwendolyn Pang, secretary general of the Philippine Red Cross.

 

Pang said the numbers came from preliminary reports by Red Cross teams on the ground.

 

So far, government officials have only confirmed 138 deaths. At least 118 of the deaths were on hardest-hit Leyte Island, where Tacloban is located, national disaster agency spokesman Maj. Reynaldo Balido told The Associated Press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MEANDWARF]

Prayers for the people affected by this terrible storm.

[Zguy28]

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/super-typhoone-haiyan-response/

 

 

Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines, causing widespread destruction and killing hundreds.

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The storm—one of the most powerful ever recorded—slammed into the island of Leyte early Friday morning with sustained winds reported as high as 195 mph and gusts up to 230 mph, flooding coastal communities. It triggered landslides, uprooted trees, and destroyed homes as it quickly moved across the archipelago.

Up to 1,000 people are believed to be dead in the town of Tacloban alone. Early reports indicate that almost 350,000 people have been displaced.

“The devastation is, I don’t have the words for it,” Interior Secretary Mar Roxas told reporters after landing in Tacloban. “It’s really horrific. It’s a great human tragedy.”

Samaritan’s Purse is responding to the storm. A team of disaster relief specialists, including water and nutrition experts, is on the ground. We are working with local Christians to deliver relief to those most in need.

 

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Horrible. Just horrible. Heard it's headed for Vietnam next. Evacuating half a million people.

[StillUnknown]

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BREAKING: Philippine official says typhoon death toll could hit 10,000, according to reports

 

 

 

Its hard to imagine that kind of devastation.

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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/over-100-dead-typhoon-onslaught-Philippines

Philippine typhoon death toll could top 10,000

 

A provincial official says another 300 people have been confirmed dead on Samar ('sah-MAR) Island in the central Philippines in the onslaught of a super typhoon.

 

That's in addition to 10,000 people believed to have died in Tacloban city on Leyte Island, just across Samar.

 

Leo Dacaynos of Samar province's disaster office said Sunday that 300 people have been confirmed dead in Basey town and another 2,000 are missing.

 

[AsburySkinsFan]

Unreal....

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/10/us-philippines-typhoon-idUSBRE9A603Q20131110

(Reuters) - One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, a senior police official said on Sunday, with huge waves sweeping away coastal villages and devastating one of the main cities in the region.

Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of structures in its path as it tore through Leyte province on Friday, said police chief superintendent Elmer Soria, before weakening and heading west for Vietnam.

As rescue workers struggled to reach ravaged villages along the coast, where the death toll is as yet unknown, survivors foraged for food or searched for lost loved ones.

"People are walking like zombies looking for food," said Jenny Chu, a medical student in Leyte. "It's like a movie."

Most of the deaths appear to have been caused by surging sea water strewn with debris that many said resembled a tsunami, leveling houses and drowning hundreds of people in one of the worst disasters to hit the typhoon-prone Southeast Asian nation.

The national government and disaster agency have not confirmed the latest estimate of deaths, a sharp increase from initial estimates on Saturday of at least 1,200 killed by a storm whose sustained winds reached 195 miles per hour (313 km per hour) with gusts of up to 235 mph.

[Koolblue13]

Entire islands are gone. That is terrifying.

[AsburySkinsFan]

Entire islands are gone. That is terrifying.

This typhoon made Katrina look like a afternoon shower. I saw a comparison where Haiyan was overlaid on the Gulf of Mexico and it took up the entire gulf!!! I keep looking for the pic on google but can't find it. What I can find id the dopplar that shows the intensity and it is incredible.

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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/10/21389125-it-was-like-a-tsunami-philippines-stunned-by-typhoon-haiyans-devastation-as-us-forces-head-to-islands?lite

'It was like a tsunami': Philippines stunned by Typhoon Haiyan's devastation as US forces head to islands

 

American forces were dispatched to the Philippines as the Pacific island country struggled to cope Sunday after one of the most powerful storms in recorded history killed thousands and wreaked damage far worse than expected.

 

“At the request of the government of Philippines, Secretary Hagel has directed U.S. Pacific Command to support U.S. government humanitarian relief operations in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan,” the Department of Defense said in a statement late on Saturday night. 

 

The first wave of U.S. force  — a team of 90 Marines and sailors — flew to Philippines on Sunday to assist with search and rescue operations and provide air support, the Marines said in a statement.

 

The death toll could climb as high as 10,000 on the island of Leyte alone after storm surges as high as trees and wind gusts reaching 175 mph destroyed towns and villages, said chief superintendent Elmer Soria, a regional police director.

 

The national government and disaster agency have not confirmed the latest death toll — a notable increase from Philippine Red Cross estimates on Saturday of about 1,000 people killed.

 

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Philippines struggles to help desperate typhoon victims

 

Philippines rescue workers struggled to bring aid to famished and destitute survivors Monday after a super typhoon that may have killed more than 10,000 people, in what is feared to be the country's worst natural disaster.

 

Relief teams appeared overwhelmed in their efforts to help those whose homes and livelihoods were destroyed by Haiyan, which sent tsunami-like waves and merciless winds rampaging across large swathes of the archipelago Friday.

 

In Vietnam, more than 600,000 people were evacuated as Haiyan, which moved out of the Philippines and into the South China Sea on Saturday, made landfall there early Monday morning.

 

Hundreds of Filipino police and soldiers were deployed to contain looters in Tacloban, the devastated provincial capital of Leyte, with gangs stealing consumer goods such as televisions.

 

A long snake-like queue formed in Tacloban's flattened airport as tired and hungry survivors, some who had trudged through mud and debris for several kilometres, sought the basic essentials for survival.

 

"We want water and medicines for the injured. So if you can organise it, please, for us, don't let anybody come here who will just watch us and see us suffer, because we don't want that," Joan Lumbre Wilson told AFP, adding that authorities were struggling to cope with the sheer numbers seeking help.

Threatening to further hamper relief efforts was a tropical depression approaching the southern and central Philippines. Government weather forecasters said the depression could bring fresh floods to typhoon-affected areas.

 

The depression is expected to hit land on the southern island of Mindanao late Tuesday and then move across the central islands of Bohol, Cebu, Negros and Panay, which all suffered typhoon damage, forecaster Connie Dadivas said.

 

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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2013/11/scale-disaster-philippines-2013111185145842516.html

The scale of the disaster in the Philippines  

 

 

Aerial shots of Guiuan show the extent of the destruction. 

[wantarace17]

Put it this way if the storm like this were to make landfall on the East coast the clouds would stretch from Florida to Canada. The tropical storm force winds would stretch the entire North Carolina coast.

[Predicto]

I always feel so small and insignificant at times like this.   

[JamesMadisonSkins]

All of those pictures look like the aftermath of an F-5 tornado ... then you realize that this thing slammed into an entire coastline with ... essentially ... F-4/F-5 strength. Except where a Tornado might cut a swath of 1-2 miles wide for 15-20 miles ... this just leveled entire islands.

[Sticksboi05]

All of those pictures look like the aftermath of an F-5 tornado ... then you realize that this thing slammed into an entire coastline with ... essentially ... F-4/F-5 strength. Except where a Tornado might cut a swath of 1-2 miles wide for 15-20 miles ... this just leveled entire islands.

 

The sustained winds in this thing were equivalent to an EF4 tornado.  The gusts were equivalent (potentially, there were no planes flown like we do in the Atlantic) to an EF5.

[Koolblue13]

I always feel so small and insignificant at times like this.

I agree. Its awe inspiring, the incredible power of nature. It has a way of humbling humanity, especially when you're in the way of it.

[twa]

All of those pictures look like the aftermath of an F-5 tornado ... then you realize that this thing slammed into an entire coastline with ... essentially ... F-4/F-5 strength. Except where a Tornado might cut a swath of 1-2 miles wide for 15-20 miles ... this just leveled entire islands.

 

the storm surge is worse than the winds,the combination is awesome to behold

[Koolblue13]

the storm surge is worse than the winds,the combination is awesome to behold

this island is still a mess from Hugo in 89. Ive heard some insane stories and I can mildly imagine how it would be. Its mind boggling to say the least.

[zoony]

Life was already so tough there, it has to be apocalyptic

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[China]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/11/11/world/asia/typhoon-haiyan-map.html?ref=asia&_r=0

[JamesMadisonSkins]

Saw someone post this on Facebook. It's pretty interesting stuff ... but I honestly didn't know what thread it fit into ... so my apologies if this is inappropriate. But thoughts? I'm not sure I believe it but if it is true then ... **** us all ... we really have no power if governments are doing this sort of thing

 

*Edit: WHoops forgot to provide the link ...

 

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/11112013-tropical-storm-zoraida-formed-after-microwave-pulse-heads-for-philippines/

[Mr. Sinister]

I used to know this Filipina girl (back in college) who had relatives in Tacloban. I can't imagine what she must be going through. It's completely gone. Hopefully they made it through all of that.

[Elessar78]

I'm Filipino, and while my family did not live in affected areas, it's pretty ****ty in those areas right now.  

 

Please consider making some charitable contributions to the following charities:

 

Save the Children: http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.885...

Philippine Red Cross: http://ushare.redcross.org.ph/

Catholic Relief Services: http://emergencies.crs.org/typhoon-haiyan-help-philippine...

UNICEF: http://donate.unicef.ph/campaign/24/typhoon-yolanda-emerg...

 

Thank you for your kindness.

[Predicto]

Saw someone post this on Facebook. It's pretty interesting stuff ... but I honestly didn't know what thread it fit into ... so my apologies if this is inappropriate. But thoughts? I'm not sure I believe it but if it is true then ... **** us all ... we really have no power if governments are doing this sort of thing

 

*Edit: WHoops forgot to provide the link ...

 

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/11112013-tropical-storm-zoraida-formed-after-microwave-pulse-heads-for-philippines/