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In pictures: Super Typhoon Haiyan devastates Philippines
2013-11-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Scenes of tragedy are unfolding in the Philippines as information trickles out from some of the areas worst hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan. The typhoon, which has a 600-kilometre-long front, made landfall in the Philippines on Friday with winds of up to 315km/h. At least 100 people have been killed in the Philippines but officials fear the death toll will rise.
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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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Survivors 'walk like zombies' after Philippine typhoon kill estimated 10000
2013-11-10 13:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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...
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Vietnam Girds Typhoon After 10000 Reported Dead
2013-11-10 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Super Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 10,000 people in the Philippines, the Associated Press reported, as storm surges flooded islands and strong winds knocked down buildings and destroyed an airport before moving toward Vietnam. Haiyan, the years most powerful cyclone, killed as many as 10,000 people in and around Tacloban City, the capital of Leyte province, when it made landfall Nov. 8, AP reported today, citing regional police chief Elmer Soria. An additional 300 fatalities were confirmed...
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Philippines Police: 10,000 Feared Dead in Wake of Vietnam-Bound Typhoon
2013-11-10 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: Local police officials in the Philippines say the death toll in a central province that took the brunt of Typhoon Haiyan could reach as high as 10,000. Provincial officials provided the estimate on Sunday after assessing damage in Leyte province, where they say the destruction was overwhelming. The regional police chief said most of the deaths resulted from drowning and collapsed buildings. Philippine Interior Secretary Mar Roxas says it is difficult to describe the extent of damage in Leyte's...
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