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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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Official: Over 10000 feared dead in Typhoon Haiyan
2013-11-10 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: As many as 10,000 people are feared dead in one city alone after Super Typhoon Haiyan one of the most powerful storms ever recorded slammed into the central islands of the Philippines, officials said. 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 on the island, mostly by drowning and from collapsed buildings. The governor's figure was based on reports from village officials in areas where Typhoon...
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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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New Jersey mall shooting suspect found dead, appears to be self-inflicted gunshot wound
2013-11-05 10:51:20| Apparel - Topix.net
NJ.com is reporting , citing sources, that the suspect in Monday's mall shooting was discovered dead inside a Foot Locker store.
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