14 DAY TRIAL // Typhoon Haiyan, one of the greatest storms ever recorded, hit central Philippines on Friday, November 8, and is now moving towards mainland Asia. The death toll has risen to over 1,200, with about 1,000 of them believed to be just in Tacloban city from Leyte Island, the hardest hit.
Here, the Daily Mail reports, citing Capt. John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, over 100 bodies are lying in the streets of the city. Authorities expect the death toll to rise considerably in the hours to come.
Two videos of the storm are included below, at the end of the article. As reported earlier, Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines with winds of 235 kilometers (147 miles) per hour, and incredibly strong rains. Buildings, trees and cars were leveled to the ground in its path.
The seaside airport in Tacloban has been completely “ruined” by the powerful waves.
“Cabinet Secretary Rene Almendras, a senior aide to President Benigno Aquino III, said that the number of casualties could not be immediately determined, but that the figure was ‘probably in that range’ given by Andrews. Government troops were helping recover bodies, he said,” the Mail writes.
The Red Cross is already operating in the devastated area, having managed to send over packages with relief items.
Useless to say, they’re appealing to people who are willing to help because, they say, even if the death toll isn’t as high as anticipated, there still are thousands of people who will need assistance, having lost everything in the storm.
Photographs over at the Mail show just a small fraction of the devastation throughout caused by the typhoon.
Authorities are scrambling to deal with the disaster as we speak.
