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malaise

(268,693 posts)
11. More here
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 08:21 PM
Nov 2013


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/typhoon-haiyan-dead-aid
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The coastal city of 222,000 inhabitants bore the brunt of 195mph winds as the strongest storm ever recorded tore off roofs and destroyed evacuation centres.

But with the typhoon having swept across a number of cities – one Filipino official said the storm "island-hopped" – Tacloban is just one town among many that will have to be rebuilt from scratch. If the death toll is as high as is feared, Haiyan could emerge as the deadliest natural catastrophe in the Philippines' history.

More than 350,000 people are awaiting supplies in 1,220 evacuation centres, with 4.3 million people across the country affected by Haiyan, said Orla Fagan of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha).

Rescue teams deployed in Bogo city and San Remigio, on the island of Cebu, said some buildings have been flattened, with significant damage to both homes and sugar plantations, which have served as many residents' primary source of income in this agricultural area.

UN teams have been dispatched to the areas south and north of Tacloban and to Iloilo, to the west of Leyte and Samar islands, to assess the damage there.

"We haven't been to the west of the Visayan islands yet so we have no idea what's gone on there," Fagan said. "We could be replicating what happened in Tacloban."
Here malaise Nov 2013 #1
thanks gopiscrap Nov 2013 #3
I've been getting my info from the BBC Savannahmann Nov 2013 #2
thanks gopiscrap Nov 2013 #4
BBC is good malaise Nov 2013 #5
Talked to family in Minglanila - haven't heard from Mactan yet FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #6
Prayers go your way, I have friends over there! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #7
It's bad malaise Nov 2013 #10
1 not accounted for as of late FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #15
I found this last night while searching Blue_Roses Nov 2013 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #9
thank you gopiscrap Nov 2013 #13
More here malaise Nov 2013 #11
Daily Mail has a lot of pictures of the horrible mess Crabby Appleton Nov 2013 #12
Al Jazeera locks Nov 2013 #14
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