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Philippine Typhoon Update: Death Toll Rises Above 5,000

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By: Wunderground.com, 11/22/2013

MANILA, Philippines — One week after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept through the central Philippines, officials now say the death toll has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further. Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said Friday that 4,919 people were killed in the Eastern Visayas region. Civil defense chief Eduardo del Rosario said 290 others died in other parts of the central and southern Philippines. The regions were battered two weeks ago by fierce winds and tsunami-like storm surges from Typhoon Haiyan, locally called Yolanda. Roxas said the situation was stabilizing, with major roads on Samar and Leyte islands cleared of debris, and some banks, stores and gasoline stations resuming business.

 

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Typhoon Haiyan: NASA Photo Pinpoints Worst Hit Areas to Aid with Relief

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By: Michele Berger, 11/15/2013

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in conjunction with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Wednesday released satellite imagery to help aid with the relief effort around Typhoon Haiyan. The map, which covers a 27-by-33-mile region, is overlaid on Google Earth and shows “surface changes caused by natural or human-produced damage,” according to NASA, indicated by bright red coloration where the typhoon struck the hardest.

 

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Northern WA unites to help typhoon-hit Philippines

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By: ABC, 11/15/2013

Filipino communities in Western Australia's north are pulling together in the wake of Typhoon Hiayan that has devastated their homeland. It has been an anxious wait for Filipino families across regional WA but Robyn Merrill says all but one of the 35 Filipino families in Broome have now managed to contact their loved ones. Fundraising events, including beach barbecues and car washes, are being held in Broome and Karratha this week. "If they can picture a Filipino person sitting in front of a flattened house, if they can picture giving that person money, well that's what it'll be doing, it's very direct," Mr Merrill said. He says they may have to hand-deliver the money raised if it takes too long for the Philippines banking system to be restored.

 

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The Latest on Deaths, Damage in Philippines from Typhoon Haiyan

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By: Wunderground.com, 11/13/2013

Here are the latest casualty figures and damage reports from the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. All figures are preliminary and based on national and regional government officials and media reports.

 

National: 2,275 confirmed deaths, with another 3,665 hurt, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. President Benigno Aquino III told CNN that the death toll could be 2,000 or 2,500, lower than earlier estimates by two officials on the ground that it could hit 10,000.

Leyte province: Thousands feared dead or missing. Widespread severe damage. Tacloban, its main city with a population of 220,000, lies in ruins. Communications, transport cut in many areas.

    Samar: 400 estimated dead, 2,000 missing

    Eastern Samar: 211 dead, 45 missing and 174,000 residents affected

'Massive destruction' as typhoon flattens Philippine city, kills at least 100

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Helicopters hover over the damaged area after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines, November 9, 2013. REUTERS-Romeo Ranoco

Helicopters hover over the damaged area after super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city, central Philippines, November 9, 2013.Credit: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

(Reuters) - One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall churned through the Philippine archipelago in a straight line from east to west and devastated central provinces, killing at least 100 people in a surge of flood water, officials said on Saturday.

The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan is expected to rise sharply as rescue workers reach areas cut off by the fast-moving storm, whose circumference eclipsed the whole country and which late on Saturday was heading for Vietnam.

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Haiyan, continues to Pound the Philippines

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Accuweather.com by Eric Leister - 8 November 2013

A house is engulfed by the storm surge brought about by powerful typhoon Haiyan that hit Legazpi city, Albay province Friday Nov.8, 2013. (AP Photo/Nelson Salting)

Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) continues to plow through the Philippines, bringing destruction to the islands along its path.

While interaction with the islands has caused Haiyan's winds to decrease from its peak of 315 kph (195 mph), it remains a powerful and dangerous typhoon as it moves over the western Philippines Friday night, local time.

In advance of the cyclone, nearly 750,000 people were evacuated according to the Associated Press. At least four people have been confirmed dead with more injured and missing.

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Super Typhoon Haiyan Strengthens, Threatens Philippines

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Daily Inquirer by DJ Yap - 6 November 2013 

US meteorologists see ‘Yolanda’ packing 241-kph winds

SUPERSTORM COMING. Tropical Storm “Haiyan,” which is expected to strengthen in 48 hours into a supertyphoon with peak intensity of 241 kilometers per hour, is forecast to make landfall in the Samar-Leyte area by Friday afternoon. It will be named “Yolanda” when it enters the Philippine area of responsibility. DOST-PAGASA MAP

 

Tropical Storm “Haiyan” will likely turn into a supertyphoon as it enters the Philippine area of responsibility in the next 48 hours, US meteorologists said on Tuesday.

“Due to very favorable environmental conditions, rapid intensification is forecast over the next 48 hours with a peak intensity of 130 knots (241 kilometers per hour),” said a forecast by the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

Philippines: earthquakes in Mindanao to last for months, volcanic anomalies reported underground

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The earthquakes experienced today in Carmen town, North Cotabato and the rest of Mindanao will possibly last for weeks or months. This was according to Jenila de Ocampo, Officer-in-charge of the Davao Seismic Station of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), in a phone interview.  She added the intensity might either be “felt” or “unfelt” by humans. On Monday morning, two strong quakes struck Carmen.

 

A 5.7 magnitude was felt at 4:08 AM with epicenter at seven Kilometers (Km) Northeast of the town.  It has a depth of 10 Km.  The town was placed under Intensity VI. “An Intensity VI in the PEIS (Phivolcs Earthquake Intensity Scale) means there will be a minimal damage to poorly built structures, or those with light materials and even concrete structures which do not meet building standards like the proper placement of steel bars,” De Ocampo explained. At 7:31 AM, another quake jolted Carmen town.

 

Tropical Depression 02W developed near Philippines

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The second tropical depression of the northwestern Pacific Ocean season formed on February 19, 2013 and the system is soaking the central and southern Philippines. Early on February 19, 2013, the low pressure area designated as System 98W organized into a tropical depression and was renamed “02W.” Tropical Depression 02W formed south of Mindanao, the Philippines. TD02W is referred to locally in the Philippines as “Tropical Depression Crising.” TD02W is currently experiencing moderate vertical wind shear, as high as 20 knots (23 mph/37 km/h) which is keeping the depression from getting better organized. That is expected to change, however, once TD02W moves west...

 

The second tropical depression of the northwestern Pacific Ocean season formed on February 19, 2013 and the system is soaking the central and southern Philippines. Early on February 19, 2013, the low pressure area designated as System 98W organized into a tropical depression and was renamed “02W.” Tropical Depression 02W formed south of Mindanao, the Philippines. TD02W is referred to locally in the Philippines as “Tropical Depression Crising.” TD02W is currently experiencing moderate vertical wind shear, as high as 20 knots (23 mph/37 km/h) which is keeping the depression from getting better organized. That is expected to change, however, once TD02W moves west into the South China Sea.

 

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