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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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Typhoon Haiyan: Thousands feared dead in Philippines
2013-11-10 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The death toll from a powerful typhoon that swept away coastal villages in the Philippines with a tsunami-like force is likely in the thousands, if not more than 10,000, officials said Sunday as grim reports filtered in from the provinces. The typhoon Haiyan -- also called Yolanda by Filipinos -- blew through 36 provinces early Friday with gusts of up to 235 miles per hour. More than 48 hours later, confusion reigned over the extent of the casualties and damage with many of the most desperate...
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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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Philippines reels catastrophic damage as Typhoon Haiyan heads to Vietnam
2013-11-10 12:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: After laying waste to huge swaths of the Philippines, flattening villages and washing bodies into the water, Typhoon Haiyan is set to bring more devastation to Vietnam. While the massive storm barreled across the South China Sea on Sunday, many Filipinos grappled with devastation like they've never seen before. Entire houses leveled to pieces. More than 100 bodies scattered on the streets of one city. Thousands more residents stranded, grieving and hungry. The Philippine Red Cross estimated...
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Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan: 'Surging Sea' Blamed for Countless Deaths
2013-11-10 12:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC News: The casualty count is being characterized as catastrophic in the central Philippines from the powerful typhoon that ripped through the region. "We have so many dead people. We don't have bags," said mayor Remedios Petilla of Palo, a municipality in the Eastern Visayas region that was hard hit. A half-dozen central Philippine islands are reeling from Typhoon Haiyan after it made landfall early Friday morning. The storm, with sustained winds of nearly 200 miles an hour, flattened entire towns in...
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