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Philippines Has More to Fix Than Typhoon Damage

This week brought some fresh, and welcome, news to a country still reeling from the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan. The country"s ranking in Transparency International"s Corruption Perceptions Index improved 11 places in one year, putting it 94th out of …
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After Typhoon Recovery, Philippines Needs Jobs

By the Editors 2013-12-01T23:00:00Z. Bloomberg Markets Magazine. If a silver lining can be found in the disaster visited upon the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan, it"s that the economy was less vulnerable than the nation"s storm defenses. Faced with the …
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Justin Bieber Teams Up With Prizeo for Typhoon Haiyan Charity Campaign

Justin Bieber is doing his part to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on Nov. 8. The pop star has launched a global campaign on Prizeo.com to solicit donations from his massive fan base. In return, Bieber is offering one …
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Rebuilding a life – and returning to school – after Typhoon Haiyan

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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Locals helping out typhoon victims

HOURS of fun, great food and entertaining activities are on offer at the Christmas party this Saturday to help typhoon Haiyan victims. Orana Region Filipino Australian Association public relations officer Leah McKinney called on residents to attend the …
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Church, schools raise funds for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, Midwest tornados

Typhoon survivors line up for food and water being distributed by a private US organization Saturday Nov. 23, 2013 at Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons to make a landfall this year, …
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Philippines" post-typhoon rebuilding to take five years, toll at 5632

MANILA: Rebuilding areas devastated by a super typhoon that killed thousands in the Philippines will take up to five years and cost more than two billion dollars, officials said on Saturday. The comments came as the death toll from Haiyan, one of the …
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VIDEO: Volunteers Help the Children Who Lived Through Typhoon Yolanda …

Guam – Children are some of the most vulnerable victims of any disaster. During a visit to Camp Villamor Airbase in Manila, Philippines, we got a first-hand look at how one group of volunteers made up of mostly mothers is helping children heal from …
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Typhoon Haiyan

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Typhoon Haiyan approaching the Philippines (13:00 UTC 11/7/2013).

This is a composite image incorporating data captured by the geostationary satellites of the Japan Meteorological Agency (MTSat 2) and EUMETSAT (Meteosat-7), overlaying NASA’s ‘Black Marble’ imagery.

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"Pushing Buttons for Visayas" – A Fund Raising Event for Typhoon Yolanda …

Guam – The Guam Arts Society of Photographer (GASP) is pleased to announce Pushing Buttons for Visayas, a fundraising event for the survivors of super‐typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda which hit the Visayan region of the Philippines last Nov 8, 2013. Pushing …
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Philippine envoy thanks Taiwan for typhoon relief aid

28 (CNA) The Philippines" representative to Taiwan expressed his gratitude to Taiwan on Thursday for its swift relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, which ripped through his country Nov. 8, leaving a trail of death and destruction. "We have …
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Typhoon Haiyan death toll jumps to 5235 in Philippines

(CNN) — The death toll from this month"s Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has spiked to 5,235, a national agency reported early Saturday. That figure — posted at 6 a.m. (5 p.m. ET Friday) on the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management …
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Typhoon Haiyan Fundraiser

CNN PRODUCER NOTE Carol Lim says the Filipino community in Tampa Bay, Florida, organized a fundraiser to help raise money for Typhoon Haiyan survivors in the Philippines. The organizers of the event say that they nearly doubled their original goal of …
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US Typhoon Response Improves Military Ties with Manila

MANILA — Philippines officials say the challenges of mounting the relief effort for Typhoon Haiyan show the urgency of signing a long-term agreement on an increased U.S. troop presence in the country. Typhoon Haiyan struck as the United States and the …
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NZ family grateful they were spared in typhoon

A former Northland man is thanking the God he serves that no lives were lost in the biggest typhoon known to hit the area where he and his family live in the Philippines. Elsewhere, Typhoon Haiyan left a trail of death and destruction when it swept …
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Captain of USS Cowpens speaks on efforts to help Typhoon Haiyan victims

Last Updated: 6 hours ago. SAN DIEGO – The captain of the San Diego-based USS Cowpens spoke with 10News Friday about their efforts to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. IMAGES: USS Cowpens takes part in typhoon relief efforts …
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Town Reburies After Typhoon Rips Open Graves

BALANGKAYAN, Philippines—No one was killed when Typhoon Haiyan plowed through this little coastal town, but it was littered with the remains of hundreds of bodies after the superstorm passed. Enlarge Image. cat. Typhoon Haiyan churned up the …
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China hospital ship to set sail for Philippine typhoon zone

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is sending a state-of-the-art hospital ship to the Philippines following foreign and domestic criticism that it was slow and less than generous in its response to one of the world"s biggest typhoons, which killed at least 4 …
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UNHCR delivers tents to keep typhoon-affected families together

All that changed with the typhoon. Most of the family heeded the warnings and evacuated to a church in nearby Santo Nino ahead of time. But Elena"s husband was stubborn. "Four times we asked him to come with us, but he refused. He wanted to stay and …
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Super Typhoon Haiyan: 'It is like a tsunami has hit'

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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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Typhoon Haiyan: A crisis by the numbers

More than a week after one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded tore through the Philippines, the government and international and national humanitarian agencies face an enormous and difficult task getting aid to those who need it most, leaving …
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Catholics In Philippines Turn To Church To Cope With Typhoon

Across the ravaged center of the Philippines on Sunday, people flocked to mass, often in churches that had been severely damaged or destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan. In many villages in Leyte Province, the only structure that survived the storm was the church.
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This is an old typhoon signal mast. The round ball is one of the typhoon warrning level signals. Other typhoon warning levels have different shapes.

Hong Kong has been a major sea port since the 1830s. Between the months of June and September, typhoons from the west Pacific and South China Sea threaten Hong Kong occasionally.

Before the days of wireless communications, radio, telephone, TV, internet and satellite communications, people and marine navigators in Hong Kong relied on this signal mast to find out what the forecast for typhoon warning would be.

When a warning is issued, the signal ball would be hoisted up to the top, so people from afar could see it.

As a matter of fact, because of the "hoisting" process, the Royal Hong Kong Observatory used to actually "hoist" a typhoon warning signal, rather than "issue" a warning signal.

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Talks with UAE on Eurofighter Typhoon sale "progressing well"

… military jets are “progressing well”, the prime minister"s office said on Saturday. David Cameron, prime minister, pressed the case for the Typhoon jet deal in talks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, late on Saturday.
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Typhoon Haiyan: Death Toll From Storm Tops 3600 In The Philippines

Debris washed up clogs the coastline near the pier in the town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on November 11, 2013, four days after Typhoon Haiyan hit the country. (TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images) …
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Philippine typhoon survivors worry about security as looting erupts

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Philippine typhoon survivors worry about security as looting erupts

TACLOBAN, Philippines — Even as the Philippines reopened two airstrips to help speed up the flow of aid Wednesday, parts of the typhoon-hit central region plunged deeper into distress, with gunfire cracking to ward off looters and survivors worrying …
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Inside Typhoon Haiyan victims" fight for survival

(CBS News) The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived off the Philippines Thursday morning to help with Typhoon Haiyan recovery efforts. It"s been six days since the powerful storm hit. More than 11 million people are affected and more than …
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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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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Philippines typhoon eyewitness: 'There was death everywhere'

Philippines typhoon eyewitness: "There was death everywhere"

Two days after typhoon Haiyan ravaged the coastal town on the island of Leyte and shortly after he escaped to Manila, Larsen described Tacloban as “World War III.” PHOTOS: Typhoon Haiyan slams Philippines. He and his girlfriend spent eight hours …
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MOVIE REVIEW: Coming of age, during World War III

No, it"s World War III, which begins almost immediately after Daisy, a self-absorbed young American with bleached-blond hair, fashionably ripped black tights and plenty of eye makeup, arrives in Britain, sent by her father to spend the summer with …
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Coming of age, during World War III

No, it"s World War III, which begins almost immediately after Daisy, a self-absorbed young American with bleached-blond hair, fashionably ripped black tights and plenty of eye makeup, arrives in Britain, sent by her father to spend the summer with …
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Philippines typhoon eyewitness: "There was death everywhere"