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Smart, Globe begin repair efforts after typhoon Yolanda
2013-11-10 23:21:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Philippine communications provider Smart and Globe have begun restoration works following damage to the networks by typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Smart is offering free call services in Tacloban city using satellite services in partnership with Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF). The city remains mostly cut off from regular mobile communications the company said and added that it is doing massive restoration efforts for mobile communications in the hardest hit towns in Leyte and Samar. Together with affiliate Sun Cellular, Smart is also offering free call services in a number of affected locations. Smart and Sun have also opened an SMS donation number with donations going to the Red Cross. Meanwhile, Globe Telecom said it established a temporary cell site Tacloban city and that it has begun repair efforts in the Visayas region with the assistance of government units. Globe has also organised free call stations and battery charging stations in a number of areas.
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Hegel sends US marines to aid typhoon victims in Philippines
2013-11-10 22:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A team of about 90 US marines and sailors headed to the Philippines on Sunday, part of a first wave of promised US military assistance for relief efforts after a devastating typhoon killed at least 10,000 people, US officials said. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this weekend ordered the US military's Pacific Command to assist with search and rescue operations and provide air support in the wake of super typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. At the same time, US aid groups...
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Philippines Devastated by Typhoon Millions Affected
2013-11-10 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Super Typhoon Yolanda, known outside the Philippines as Haiyan, battered parts of the Philippine archipelago on Friday, making landfall six times before blowing westward on Saturday over the South China Sea towards northern Vietnam and southern China. The worst storm in Philippine history blasted through the country, packing winds of 235 kilometers per hour (147 miles per hour) with gusts of 275 kph (170 mph). Yolanda`s storm surge caused ocean waters to rise up to six meters (20 feet). Only...
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Horror stories as 10,000 feared dead in Typhoon Haiyan
2013-11-10 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: As many as 10,000 people may have died when one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded destroyed entire villages and devastated cities with huge waves and winds of nearly 150 mph. On Sunday, the Philippines were still trying to comprehend the destruction that Typhoon Haiyan brought to this string of islands in the Pacific. Corpses hung from tree branches and were scattered along sidewalks and among flattened buildings. People raided grocery stores and gas stations in search of food, fuel and...
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George Clooney on Philippine typhoon: Terrible
2013-11-10 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The mounting death toll in the Philippines weighed heavily on the minds of George Clooney and Idris Elba, honored at the Britannia Awards Saturday night in Los Angeles. Clooney said he was following the news about Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the eastern seaboard of the Philippines Friday. As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone from one of the worst storms ever recorded. "It`s terrible," said Clooney on the red carpet. "And it`s headed towards Vietnam and we`ll...
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