Super Typhoon devastates Philippines , massive life loss.

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1,200 feared dead in typhoon-devastated Philippines

Tacloban — One of the most powerful typhoons in history is believed to have killed 1,200 people in the Philippines, the Red Cross said Saturday, as rescue workers raced to reach towns devastated by tsunami-like waves.

A day after Super Typhoon Haiyan whipped across the central Philippines with maximum sustained winds of around 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour, a cataclysmic picture emerged of entire communities having been flattened.

Authorities said that, aside from the ferocious winds, storm surges of up to three metres (10 feet) high that swept into coastal towns and deep inland were responsible for destroying countless homes.

"Imagine a strip one kilometre deep inland from the shore, and all the shanties, everything, destroyed," Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said after visiting coastal towns in Leyte, one of the worst-hit provinces in the east of the archipelago.

"They were just like matchsticks flung inland."

it's very sad, after all they have endured, now there has been an earthquake. - 0095ca4c, Nov 12, 2013

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News here say they fear there are 10k dead. So sad. So inevitable. I feel powerless.

http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/11/09/actualidad/1384000015_947277.html

Answer 2

Yes, another of a series of disasters that we have seen our sisters and brothers around the world suffer this year. My prayers are for them now and as they will be when we attend Sunday morning worship service in a few hours. And bless you Ray.

Amen - pmikan-pam, Nov 11, 2013

Answer 3

I am praying for them!

Answer 4

Have you guys heard of this?

H.A.R.P.

Do you think there is a connection? - 0095ca4c, Nov 11, 2013

Answer 5

This kind of tragic event is the reason I always put little annoyances to the back of my mind - they're nothing when you see what these people are going through right now. All we can do is hope and pray for them.

Answer 6

It puts my moaning about the lousy British weather into perspective.

BBC report and video

At times like these I wonder again why the UN does not have converted aircraft carriers the navies no longer need so they can sail as close as possible to disaster areas.

They could be equipped with rescue planes, helicopters, doctors and even a hospital on board as well as medicines and essential supplies..

ian, they were sold for scrapmetal, years ago, the carriers. - annierats, Nov 12, 2013

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As Relaxing cup said unconfirmed reports say that over 10.000 are now dead

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Answer 8

We should never complain about our little problems. My heart breaks for them.

Oh PPam , it is heartbreaking that so many of us can watch these poor people with nothing to start with , and now being killed maimed and devastated , and yet we go along in our protected indulgent lives with hardly a care or moment to reflect. - ray76, Nov 11, 2013

Our Government has given 10 Million dollars , and massive aid in the form of food and equipment , we also are collecting money for them. - ray76, Nov 11, 2013

I pray for them -- I wish I could be there for them. - pmikan-pam, Nov 13, 2013

Answer 9

I am so so sad i will say prays for the people. :(

Thanks Yick, you have a big heart . - ray76, Nov 20, 2013