More than 10,000 feared dead after Philippines typhoon

afp ^ | November 10, 2013 | Jason Gutierrez

[Berlin_Freeper]

Tacloban — The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000, authorities warned Sunday, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster.

The horrifying estimates came as rescue workers appeared overwhelmed in their efforts to help countless survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan, which sent tsunami-like waves and merciless winds rampaging across a huge chunk of the archipelago on Friday.

Police said they had deployed special forces to contain looters in Tacloban, the devastated provincial capital of Leyte, while the United States announced it had responded to a Philippine government appeal and would send military help.

"Tacloban is totally destroyed. Some people are losing their minds from hunger or from losing their families," high school teacher Andrew Pomeda, 36, told AFP, as he warned of the increasing desperation of survivors.

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"People are becoming violent. They are looting business establishments, the malls, just to find food, rice and milk... I am afraid that in one week, people will be killing from hunger."

Survivors 'walk like zombies' after Philippine typhoon kills estimated 10,000

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Typhoon Haiyan: In hard-hit Tacloban, children ripped from arms

Typhoon Haiyan is pictured from the International Space Station on November 9, 2013

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Prayers up for Philippines.

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[Berlin_Freeper]

There is no clean water, no electricity and very little food. City officials said they were struggling to distribute aid and that looting was widespread.

Eyewitness Account of Typhoon Haiyan

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[AlexW]

I have not seen tonight’s news, but this afternoon they showed one, of more to come, C5 transports landing at Tacloban with emergency supplies. No doubt, supplies will start pouring in from all over the world.

[AlexW]

I failed to mention...Thanks to all of the great FReepers who have shown concern for the people of the Philippines.

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Thousands likely dead after Phillipines typhoon

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/10/strongest-typhoon-year-hits-philippines/

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Person Finder: Typhoon Yolanda

[Berlin_Freeper]

Among the dead is former Australian priest Kevin Lee, who had been a whistleblower about child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
It is believed the 50-year-old had been living in the Philippines with his Filipino wife and they had just had their first child. Last year Mr Lee was removed from his parish responsibilities in western Sydney after admitting to marrying in secret.

[AlexW]

Thanks for posting that URL, but we also get FOX news here, via G-sat.
We also get our Philippine news via ABS-CBN, the main Philippine network.

[WVKayaker]

Ormoc City has no power or water still. There are dead and missing that they can't reach yet. I am getting sporadic texts from my friends there, as they restored the cell service on generators. But, most of them can't recharge their phones...

[Berlin_Freeper]

Haiyan made landfall as an extremely powerful super typhoon, perhaps the strongest ever recorded at landfall,

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600,000 evacuated as typhoon nears Vietnam

[AlexW]

Ormoc and Tacolaban, so near, but so far.
The devastation is too enormous for us to imagine.
I do not understand how we were so spared.

[Truth29]

http://news.yahoo.com/philippine-typhoon-deaths-climb-thousands-092323892.html

Some local reporting in this article.

[AlexW]

“Some local reporting in this article.”
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The weekend news from ABS-CBN (the major PH network) comes on in ten min.
I do not know if I want to watch. It is all so sad, but I may be able to report about US and other foreign aid that is arriving.

[Popman]

A comment from a libtard website

Planet earth wants its coastal areas back and she is taking them one at a time. We need to heed her message and move inland. The planet is also trying to cleans herself of all our toxic waste. What we have done to the oceans and everything else on the planet is shameful. We will learn to respect nature one way or another.

10,000 dead and the poster thinks they deserved it ...

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