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Typhoon deaths climb into thousands in Philippines
2013-11-11 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings -- some of the 10,000 people believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves. As the scale of devastation became clear Sunday from one of the worst storms ever recorded, officials projected the death toll could climb even higher when emergency crews reach parts of the archipelago cut off by flooding and landslides....
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Philippines prepared for Typhoon Haiyan, but evacuation sites couldnt withstand storm surges
2013-11-11 15:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Hours before Typhoon Haiyan hit, Philippine authorities moved 800,000 people to sturdy evacuation centers churches, schools and public buildings. But the brick-and-mortar structures were simply no match for the jet-force winds and massive walls of waves that swept ashore Friday, devastating cities, towns and villages and killing thousands, including many of those who had huddled in government shelters. The tragedy is another reminder that natures fury is sometimes so immense that it can overwhelm...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors in Philippines beg help as death toll rises
2013-11-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday, as relief workers struggled to reach victims of a super typhoon that killed an estimated 10,000 people in the central Philippines. As President Benigno Aquino deployed hundreds of soldiers in the coastal city of Tacloban to quell looting, the huge scale of death and destruction become clearer as reports emerged of thousands of people missing and images showed apocalyptic scenes in one town that has not been reached...
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Philippines envoy: UN climate talks are fight for countrys future
2013-11-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Yeb Sano looks tired. He speaks softly, hands clasped together, his voice occasionally cracking with emotion. And with good reason. The Philippines` lead negotiator at the 2013 UN climate change summit spent much of Friday and Saturday wondering if his family had survived Typhoon Haiyan, one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the country. He was awake most of Saturday night as the news filtered through to his hotel room in Warsaw. 10,000 people had died in the east coast city of Tacloban,...
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Philippines left reeling in wake of storm
2013-11-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: An area of the central Philippines devastated by one of the world's worst typhoons began burying its dead in mass graves on Monday, as soldiers and police reinforcements arrived to hard-hit Tacloban City to help restore order. Gov. Sharee Ann Tan of Samar province, whose town of Guiuan was the first to be hit by Typhoon Haiyan when it made landfall Friday, said in a television interview that bodies were buried in mass graves in Basey, a town that faces Tacloban City across the sea. She said the...
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