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Storm death toll rises to 140 in Somalia's Puntland
2013-11-13 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The death toll from a tropical cyclone that hit Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region at the weekend has risen to 140 but the final figure could total 300, the government said on Wednesday. The government has declared a state of emergency and appealed for international aid to help the tiny Horn of Africa region, which is rich in energy resources and is being sized up by oil explorers. Weather experts at the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said the cyclone, which...
Typhoon Haiyan Hits Vietnam as Philippines Death Toll Climbs
2013-11-11 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Super Typhoon Haiyan, which left as many as 10,000 people dead in the Philippines after storm surges and gale-force winds knocked down buildings, flooded islands and destroyed an airport, has come ashore in Vietnam's Quang Ninh province. The storm, with top winds of 120 kilometers (74 miles) per hour was located 156 kilometers east-southeast of Hanoi, according to the latest bulletin from the U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United Nations said it is stepping...
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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Typhoon Haiyan: Survivors in Philippines face grim struggle as death toll rises
2013-11-11 14:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Survivors root through the splintered wreckage of their homes searching for loved ones who may be buried beneath. Others are scrambling to find food and water in areas littered with corpses. Three days after Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in recorded history, scythed across the central Philippines, people here are struggling to grasp the enormity of what they have lost and the challenges they face. The storm, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, has left devastation on a...
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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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