Showing posts with label devastation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label devastation. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Typhoon Haiyan: Aerial views of the devastation

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Typhoon Haiyan: Scenes of devastation, calls for help