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Anyone have anymore info or an update about the Phillipines today? (Original Post)
gopiscrap
Nov 2013
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malaise
(268,916 posts)1. Here
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)2. I've been getting my info from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24887746
They have as much information as anyone else as near as I can tell.
They have as much information as anyone else as near as I can tell.
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)4. thanks
malaise
(268,916 posts)5. BBC is good
but Jeff Masters gives that weather expert perspetive
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)6. Talked to family in Minglanila - haven't heard from Mactan yet
Both on island of Cebu
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)7. Prayers go your way, I have friends over there!
malaise
(268,916 posts)10. It's bad
Hope your folks are safe
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)15. 1 not accounted for as of late
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)8. I found this last night while searching
http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/disasters/typhoon-yolanda/43350-aftermath-yolanda-what-we-know
This site seems to have quite a bit of information and updates.
This site seems to have quite a bit of information and updates.
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gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)13. thank you
malaise
(268,916 posts)11. More here
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."
Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)12. Daily Mail has a lot of pictures of the horrible mess
Last edited Sun Nov 10, 2013, 09:46 PM - Edit history (1)
although they have the wind speed wrong in the article heading.
WARNING Graphic photos
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2496954/Starvation-fear-land-laid-waste-typhoon-At-10-000-dead-2000mph-winds-smash-Philippines.html
locks
(2,012 posts)14. Al Jazeera
is covering it better than the main cables, as usual.