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Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors in Philippines face grim struggle as death toll rises
2013-11-11 14:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Survivors root through the splintered wreckage of their homes searching for loved ones who may be buried beneath. Others are scrambling to find food and water in areas littered with corpses. Three days after Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in recorded history, scythed across the central Philippines, people here are struggling to grasp the enormity of what they have lost and the challenges they face. The storm, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, has left devastation on a...
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Philippines fears massive death toll after typhoon
2013-11-10 13:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The super typhoon that tore through the Philippines and left a feared five-figure death toll bore down on central Vietnam on Sunday, already ranking as one of Asia's most damaging natural disasters in recent decades. Survivors from a devastated chain of Filipino islands described a typhoon that had much the look of a tsunami, bringing waves as high as two-story buildings that noisily ground buildings into pulp. Though the storm blazed through on Friday, a partial picture of the damage is only...
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Philippine Typhoon Death Toll Feared in Thousands
2013-11-10 12:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Philippine officials struggled to respond Sunday to the vast trail of devastation left by Typhoon Haiyan, which unleashed its fury on a central city, likely taking thousands of lives, causing widespread destruction and leaving disorder and looting in its wake. The typhoon on Friday left the city of Tacloban in ruins, as a storm surge as high as 13 feet overwhelmed its streets, with reports from the scene saying most of the houses had been damaged or completely destroyed in the city of 220,000. More...
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Officials: Typhoon Haiyan death toll may soar to 10,000 in Philippines
2013-11-10 12:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the central Philippine city of Tacloban could reach 10,000 people, officials said after the extent of massive devastation became apparent and horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees. Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provincial Gov. Dominic Petilla late Saturday and told there were about 10,000 deaths in the province, mostly by drowning and from collapsed buildings. The governor's...
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Teen threatens clerk with death
2013-11-09 18:33:33| Grocery - Topix.net
A 13-year-old Petaluma teenager was arrested this week for allegedly stealing a bottle of vodka from the Grocery Outlet and threatening to kill a store employee who confronted him, police said Wednesday.
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