Does anyone have an update about the Phillipines?

[gopiscrap]

[MADem]

1. Last I heard over a thousand had perished.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/world/asia/philippines-typhoon.html?_r=0

[itsrobert]

2. Red Cross: 1,000+ Feared Dead... 'Storm Surges As High As Trees'... No Communications, Power, Water.

Red Cross: 1,000+ Feared Dead... 'Storm Surges As High As Trees'... No Communications, Power, Water... Bodies On Roadside... Nearly 800,000 Forced To Flee Homes... 4.3 Million People Affected... Storm Chasers Describe Devastation... 'The Strongest Ever To Have Made Landfall Anywhere In The World'... How To Help...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[malaise]

15. Excellent report with a link to the Red Cross

http://nadinabbottblog.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/typhon-haiyan-is-a-disaster-of-unimaginable-proportions/

[gopiscrap]

3. thank you!

[Texasgal]

4. I've found it quite telling that

our media as not covered this story more.

I've been having to go to international news sites to get better coverage.

[malaise]

5. There was extensive coverage on NBC nightly news

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024007896

[Texasgal]

7. Good to see that..

thanks.

[gopiscrap]

6. Me too, I have a friend over there

and understandably, there is no way to find out if he is ok.

[freshwest]

8. A son of a DUer is there and out of touch right now. Worried...

[Turbineguy]

9. I found this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24863480

My Wife spoke with her relatives on Luzon and they are OK. She also has relatives on Panay who I do not know about but the BBC report contains some information from Borocay that seemed to be OK.

[Tx4obama]

10. Officials: Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Could Hit 10,000 In Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan Death Toll Could Hit 10,000 In Philippines

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/09/typhoon-haiyan-death-toll_n_4248105.html

[malaise]

11. BBC just said that the police commissioner said

10,000 are dead in Leyte alone

[pnwmom]

12. Here's a link about the 10,000 dead in Leyte province from The Guardian.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/10/typhoon-haiyan-thousands-dead-philippines

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. The latest, and sorry for the source, but it is the most recent

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/09/strongest-typhoon-year-hits-philippines/

10,000 death potential. Now time to fire up my blog to start doing the updates there. Here I really no longer do.