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Typhoon Haiyan: Thousands feared dead in Philippines
2013-11-10 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Around 10,000 people may have died in just one area of the Philippines hit by Typhoon Haiyan, according to officials. One of the worst storms on record, it destroyed homes, schools and an airport in the eastern city of Tacloban. Neighbouring Samar island was also badly affected, with reports of 300 people dead and 2,000 missing. The Philippine government has so far only confirmed the deaths of 151 people throughout the country, but hundreds of thousands have been displaced. The BBC's...
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Donations Needed For Victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
2013-11-09 18:36:12| IT Services - Topix.net
The National Alliance for Filipino Concerns regional chapter based in San Francisco is calling for monetary donations to help with relief efforts after the storm reached land Friday morning.
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One of world's strongest storms blasts Philippines
2013-11-09 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: One of the strongest storms on record slammed into the central Philippines on Friday, killing at least four people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and knocking out power and communications in several provinces. But the nation appeared to avoid a major disaster because the rapidly moving typhoon blew away before wreaking more damage, officials said. Huge Typhoon Haiyan raced across a string of islands from east to west -- Samar, Leyte, Cebu and Panay-- and lashed beach communities....
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Typhoon Haiyan flattens houses, triggers floods in Philippines; at least four dead
2013-11-09 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Typhoon Haiyan, possibly the strongest storm ever to hit land, was barreling out of the Philippines on Saturday after it flattened houses, triggered landslides and floods and knocked out power and communications across a number of islands. In the central Philippines, nearly all houses in Tacloban in Leyte province with a population of about 220,000, were toppled and casualties were feared to be massive, a disaster official said. "Almost all houses were destroyed, many are totally damaged. Only...
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Super Typhoon Strikes Philippines, Four Confirmed Dead
2013-11-09 00:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: In the Philippines they call it Super Typhoon Yolanda, the rest of the world calls it Typhoon Haiyan, but everyone agrees this storm is one of the most powerful and dangerous typhoons ever to strike the storm-prone island nation. Equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the U.S. Saffir-Simpson scale, the storm struck the central Philippines municipality of Guiuan at the southern tip of the province of Eastern Samar early Friday morning at 4:45 am local time. NASA calls it "one of the most powerful...
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