World's most powerful typhoon hits Philippines

[W.11]

RIP, great human loss

speechless

 

[cirr]

It is high time for the Japs、the Americans etc who use the Philippines as a tool to counter China to rush their aids to the poor country.

Considering the enormity of the calamity, any relief aid less than 100 billion USD from the likes of Japan and America is an insult to the people of Philippines .

 

[Fsjal]

RIP.
Does Philippines establish Marine Disaster Early-Warning System ? China "BeiDou" global position system and "FengYu/风云" meteorological satellites: FengYu-1/FengYu-2/FengYu-3/FengYu-4/FengYu-5 can help u.

FengYu weather satellite's mobile terminal receiver:

We are not as hi tech as your nation. We only have Doppler radars that manually monitor typhoons.

 

[cirr]

Philippine super typhoon kills at least 10,000, official says

BY MANUEL MOGATO

TACLOBAN, Philippines Sat Nov 9, 2013 9:35pm EST





1 OF 16. An aerial view shows damaged houses, as residents wave for help after Typhoon Haiyan hit a village in Panay island, in northern Iloilo Province, central Philippines November 9, 2013.

(Reuters) - One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines province of Leyte, a senior police official said on Sunday, with coastal towns and the regional capital devastated by huge waves.

Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80 percent of the area in its path as it tore through the province on Friday, said chief superintendent Elmer Soria, a regional police director.

Most of the deaths appear to have been caused by surging sea water strewn with debris that many described as similar to a tsunami, which leveled houses and drowned hundreds of people.

The national government and disaster agency have not confirmed the latest estimate of deaths, a sharp increase from initial estimates on Saturday of at least 1,000 killed.

"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. "The devastation is so big."

Haiyan, a category 5 typhoon that churned through the Philippine archipelago in a straight line from east to west, packing wind gusts of around 275 kph (170 mph), weakened significantly before hitting northern Vietnam on Sunday.

Leyte province's capital of Tacloban, with a population of 220,000, bore the brunt of Haiyan, which was possibly the strongest storm ever to make landfall.

The city and nearby villages as far as one kilometer from shore were flooded by the storm surge, leaving floating bodies and roads choked with debris from fallen trees, tangled power lines and flattened homes. TV footage showed children clinging to rooftops for their lives.

"From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometer inland, there are no structures standing. It was like a tsunami," said Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas, who had been in Tacloban since before the typhoon struck the city, about 580 km (360 miles) southeast of Manila.

"I don't know how to describe what I saw. It's horrific."

City officials said they were struggling to retrieve bodies and send relief supplies to survivors. They also reported widespread looting as authorities struggled to restore order and repair shattered communications.

"There is looting in the malls and large supermarkets. They are taking everything even appliances like TV sets, these will be traded later on for food," said Tecson John Lim, the Tacloban city administrator.

"We don't have enough manpower. We have 2,000 employees but only about 100 are reporting for work. Everyone is attending to their families."

Lim said city officials had so far only collected 300-400 bodies, but believed the death toll in the city alone could be 10,000.

"The dead are on the streets, they are in their houses, they are under the debris, they are everywhere," he said.

International aid agencies said relief efforts in the Philippines are stretched thin after a 7.2 magnitude quake in central Bohol province last month and displacement caused by a conflict with Muslim rebels in southern Zamboanga province.

The World Food Programme said it was airlifting 40 tons of high energy biscuits, enough to feed 120,000 people for a day, as well as emergency supplies and telecommunications equipment.

Tacloban city airport was all but destroyed as seawaters swept through the city, shattering the glass of the airport tower, leveling the terminal and overturning nearby vehicles.

Airport manager Efren Nagrama, 47, said water levels rose up to four meters (13 feet).

"It was like a tsunami. We escaped through the windows and I held on to a pole for about an hour as rain, seawater and wind swept through the airport," he said. "Some of my staff survived by clinging to trees. I prayed hard all throughout until the water subsided."

(Reporting by Manuel Mogato; Additional reporting by Rosemarie Francisco; Editing by Stuart Grudgings and Nick Macfie)

 

[Jlaw]

It is high time for the Japs、the Americans etc who use the Philippines as a tool to counter China to rush their aids to the poor country.

Considering the enormity of the calamity, any relief aid less than 100 billion USD from the likes of Japan and America is an insult to the people of Philippines .

This will let the world know if US and Japan are true friends of Philippines.

 

[eazzy]

God...10000...very sad.

 

[SpArK]

It is high time for the Japs、the Americans etc who use the Philippines as a tool to counter China to rush their aids to the poor country.

Considering the enormity of the calamity, any relief aid less than 100 billion USD from the likes of Japan and America is an insult to the people of Philippines .

This will let the world know if US and Japan are true friends of Philippines.

U.S. aid on the way to devastated areas of Philippines

Help is on the way to areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development and humanitarian relief groups.

The Obama administration made an initial $100,000 available Saturday to provide basic health care, clean water and sanitation following the Philippines government's request for international assistance. That figure is likely to grow as damage and humanitarian needs are assessed.

USAID, the lead agency for the international humanitarian response, deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team to the area to make those assessments. The team's early surveys in some of the country's hardest-hit areas found severe damage, particularly in the towns of Tacloban and Ormoc on the island of Leyte, which were virtually wiped out by the storm. One of the first supplies delivered was plastic sheeting to be used for emergency shelter.

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[A.Rafay]

RIP
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[eazzy]

Everyone knew there would be a big typhoon...why weren't all those people evacuated ?

 

[Filipino]

Everyone knew there would be a big typhoon...why weren't all those people evacuated ?

Some of the cities hit by the typhoon had been hit by a 7.2 earthquake only 2 weeks ago -- the infrastructure was already in shambles

 

[rott]

Am here thanks (Not) for your concern And still hating your kind

Boy! Ain't I glad to see you. BTW, my condolences to all the good citizens of Philippines who lost their near and dear ones.

 

[terranMarine]

Well what da ya know, the racist is still alive. Yes without the illiterate foul mouthed Pinoy this forum wouldn't be the same.

 

[Police]

Anybody noticed? It's awfully quiet here, could it be the typhoon had swept our most China hater Pinoy to the depths of the sea?

Shame on you..

 

[terranMarine]

Shame on you..

I do not feel that way for someone spreading constant hatred.

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

Anybody noticed? It's awfully quiet here, could it be the typhoon had swept our most China hater Pinoy to the depths of the sea?

In bad taste. Reported.