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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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Emergency Work 'Overwhelming' in Typhoon-Ravaged Central Philippines
2013-11-10 19:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: In the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines, emergency workers are trying to push their way through piles of debris to recover bodies and get aid to people who have been stranded without food and water. Officials expect the number of dead to be in the thousands. Most of those deaths are in Tacloban, a coastal city of Leyte Province. That is where Super Typhoon Haiyan first bore down on the country, leaving a trail of devastation across dozens of islands. ?Thousands of houses have been reduced...
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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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