Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises to 1200 in the Philippines,Vietnam braces itself for second landfall

[Bosonic]

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Source: The Mercury

WITH the death toll from Super Typhoon Haiyan estimated at 1200 people in the Philippines, neighbouring Vietnam is bracing itself for the storm's next landfall.

Haiyan is one of the strongest storms to hit land in recorded history. The typhoon is headed toward Vietnam and is forecast to reach the country on Sunday morning with the Red Cross reporting that 6.5 million people could be affected.

A Red Cross official told CNN on Saturday that 1200 people had died in the Philippines in the devastation wrought by the storm.

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Philippines Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said he thought hundreds had died in the coastal town of Palo and surrounding villages that he visited on the devastated island of Leyte.

Read more: http://www.themercury.com.au/news/world/typhoon-haiyan-more-than-100-reported-dead-in-philippines/story-fnj3ty5y-1226756543981

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100 plus dead in Philippine typhoon city: officials (AFP)

Manila — More than 100 bodies are lying in the streets of one Philippine city that was hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan, an aviation authority chief said Saturday.

John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, said the Tacloban airport manager had radioed the head office in Manila to report "100-plus dead, lying on the streets, with 100 plus injured".

"This report was relayed to us by our station manager so it is considered very reliable information," he told ABS-CBN television in an interview.

"According to the station manager the airport is completely ruined."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6hiTnh6zxmugm6WSQborXCaVqtQ?docId=5871c0e2-c850-4669-966c-f6dd75ec4599&hl=en

[hollysmom]

1. that was one city, this is going to be bad.

[DLnyc]

2. Looks bad and likely to look worse as communication improves, I am afraid.

"Most of the worst-hit towns were cut off from communications throughout Friday, with power and telephone networks destroyed, and the first reports that began to emerge after daybreak on Saturday painted a deeply ominous picture."

[Berlum]

9. .

[Electric Monk]

3. I'm sure the final toll will be MUCH higher. This one was stronger than Katrina. nt

[freshwest]

4. Concerned about a DUer's family members living there. And she won't be able to get in touch now.

[sheshe2]

5. Prayers, in my own way, freshwest

[freshwest]

6. I know, very difficult that this is happening right now for her.

[dipsydoodle]

7. Super-Typhoon Haiyan is almost like Katrina and Sandy combined.

Scientists will say that it's impossible to link a single weather event to climate change, and so we can't be certain if without the warming of our planet's atmosphere and oceans super typhoon Haiyan would've been weaker. But we do know that warm water is hurricane and typhoon fuel, so it's not such a stretch to ask the question, especially after the series of record-breaking storms that we've seen in the past decade.

CNN writes: "With sustained winds of 315 kph (195 mph) and gusts as strong as 380 kph (235 mph), Haiyan may be the strongest tropical cyclone to hit land anywhere in recorded history. It will take further analysis after the storm passes to establish whether it is a record."

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/super-typhoon-haiyan-almost-katrina-and-sandy-combined.html

[davidpdx]

8. I heard reports of people not evacuating

The low lying areas along with the poorly built structures are a death trap.

I know several people either there or from there and have been inquiring about what they know.

[geomon666]

11. It's really, really bad

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. Cannot even imagine trying to survive 195 mph sustained winds.

That's like being caught in an F-4 tornado for hours and hours.

Why do those things always hit where people who can least withstand it live?

Awful.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. UN coordinator: the worst he's seen since the Indian Ocean tsunami

Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, head of a UN disaster assessment co-ordination team, said there was "destruction on a massive scale" in Tacloban.

"There are cars thrown like tumbleweed and the streets are strewn with debris. The last time I saw something of this scale was in the aftermath of the (2004) Indian Ocean tsunami."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24878801

[geomon666]

14. Honestly, I'm amazed there's actually some buildings still standing

I was expecting total devastation compared to my own experiences with hurricanes.

[Bosonic]

15. Philippines estimates at least 10,000 died from super typhoon

TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) - At least 10,000 people died in the central Philippine province of Leyte after Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, lashed the province, swallowing coastal towns, a senior police official said on Sunday.

About 70 to 80 percent of the area in the path of Haiyan in Leyte province was destroyed, said Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria.

"We had a meeting last night with the governor and the other officials. The governor said based on their estimate, 10,000 died," Soria told Reuters.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-philippines-typhoon-casualty-20131108,0,4803872.story