Rebuilding a life – and returning to school – after Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon | Sept 22, 2013

Image by Wexner Center

Typhoon

Sept 22, 2013

Wexner Center for the Arts

Photos by Rachael Barbash

The Ohio State University

Rebuilding a life – and returning to school – after Typhoon Haiyan

TACLOBAN, Philippines, 2 December 2013 – It"s been a long three weeks since Typhoon Haiyan ravaged Tacloban City, and very slowly, the city shows signs of trying to right itself. For school children, getting back into the classroom provides a sense of …
Read more on UNICEF (press release)

Babies Still at Risk in Typhoon Recovery

TACLOBAN, Philippines—In a makeshift shelter in the heart of this typhoon-ravaged city, a father cradled one of his twin infant sons, feeding him with a paltry helping of milk from a tiny baby bottle. "My children are having a lack of milk because …
Read more on Wall Street Journal

Why Roadies Are Our Best Bet For Typhoon Haiyan Relief In The Philippines

“Mr. President,” said former roadie and production manager for The Police Charlie Hernandez in April 2011, taking a pen out of his pocket, “I can get this pen anywhere on Earth in 72 hours.” He was talking to Bill Clinton after an awards dinner for …
Read more on Forbes

Rebuilding a life – and returning to school – after Typhoon Haiyan

Super Typhoon Haiyan: 'It is like a tsunami has hit'

Tsunami

Image by Wiiinston

Tsunami damage. Sri Lanka.

Super Typhoon Haiyan: "It is like a tsunami has hit"

Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) — "It is like a tsunami has hit here." These were the first words from CNN"s Paula Hancocks, as she arrived in the storm-battered eastern city of Tacloban on board a military transport plane. Leading the first international …
Read more on CNN International

Tsunami-Blocking Mangroves Lure Carbon Investors

Fishermen clean their boats in Banda Aceh. A study in the wake of the 2004 tsunami off Aceh, which killed 220,000 people living near the Indian Ocean, showed that 30 coastal trees per 100 square meters may reduce the flow of a tsunami by 90 percent, …
Read more on Jakarta Globe

Himalayan tsunami: Climate change triggers deadly floods among the world"s …

The immediate cause: the bursting of a natural dam holding back a glacial lake that ultimately triggered the “Himalayan tsunami.” But the root cause was climate change, according to experts. As the weeks passed, scientists concluded that something more …
Read more on GlobalPost

Super Typhoon Haiyan: "It is like a tsunami has hit"

Typhoon Haiyan: Aerial views of the devastation

Typhoon Haiyan: Aerial views of the devastation

This aerial photo shows flattened houses in Tacloban, in Leyte province in the central Philippines, days after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the city and nearby areas Friday. The storm might have killed up to 10,000 people, officials said, in what is …
Read more on Washington Post

Logistical Hurdles Paralyze Relief Effort at the Center of a Typhoon"s Fury

TACLOBAN, the Philippines — Typhoon gridlock threatened rescue operations in the most devastated part of the Philippines on Wednesday, with aid piling up but few ways to distribute it, plentiful gasoline but no merchants willing to sell it, and an …
Read more on New York Times

Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines president says death toll could be far lower than …

MANILA, Philippines — The president of the typhoon-ravaged Philippines said Tuesday that the death toll will probably be 2,000 to 2,500 — far lower than an earlier estimate of 10,000, a figure that he said might have been influenced by “emotional …
Read more on NBCNews.com (blog)

Typhoon Haiyan: Aerial views of the devastation

Mapping the Destruction of Typhoon Haiyan

Mapping the Destruction of Typhoon Haiyan

Thousands of people are feared dead or missing after Typhoon Haiyan ripped across the central Philippines on Nov. 8. The storm"s massive surge is blamed for much of the destruction, particularly in Tacloban, where many neighborhoods were washed away.
Read more on New York Times

How to Help

TACLOBAN, Philippines — Super Typhoon Haiyan has long since fallen apart, but a terrifying humanitarian tragedy is growing in the Philippines, even as nations worldwide pledge financial and military assistance. Officials now report that 8 people have …
Read more on The Weather Channel

Philippine typhoon destroys homes and lives

Ormoc, Leyte – Just hours before Typhoon Haiyan made its first landfall in the Philippines, churches across this predominantly Catholic country called on the faithful to say the "Oratio Imperata", a Latin prayer for protection during major catastrophes …
Read more on Aljazeera.com

Typhoon aftermath: Philippines aid pours in but survivors still going hungry

Cebu, Philippines (CNN) — Tons of food from around the world have arrived in the Philippines, but the hundreds of thousands homeless and hungry after Typhoon Haiyan decimated part of the country have yet to get a bite of it. Endless landscapes of …
Read more on CNN

Mapping the Destruction of Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan: Scenes of devastation, calls for help

Typhoon Haiyan: Scenes of devastation, calls for help

Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) — Juvelyn Taniega walks down a desolate road and points toward the barren landscape where her home once stood. When Typhoon Haiyan tore through Tacloban, she says, the house she lived in with her husband and six …
Read more on CNN

Typhoon Haiyan: Aid delays cause rising tensions in Philippines

Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) — Desperate pleas for food and water forced aid organizations and nations around the world to scramble Tuesday to deliver supplies four days after Typhoon Haiyan flattened areas of the Philippines, where bodies still litter …
Read more on CNN

Pictures of Typhoon Haiyan"s Wrath

Typhoon Haiyan, which cut a destructive path across the Philippines on Friday, is believed by some climatologists to be the strongest storm to ever make landfall, with winds of at least 140 m.p.h. and a storm surge as high as 13 feet. Thousands are …
Read more on New York Times

Aid workers struggle to reach victims of Philippines typhoon

November 12, 2013 9:20 AM PST. Residents of the typhoon-ravaged areas of the Philippines struggle to repair the damage and get access to food, water and electricity. (Nov. 12). Relief En Route To Philippines After Devastating Typhoon Play Icon …
Read more on Los Angeles Times

Typhoon Haiyan: Scenes of devastation, calls for help