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New Storm Zoraida Approaches Philippines Days After Super Typhoon Haiyan ...

Huffington Post - ‎40 seconds ago‎

Just days after super typhoon Haiyan leveled huge swathes of the Philippines, a new storm threatens the devastated country as it struggles in rescue and cleanup efforts. Tropical depression Zoraida reached the Filipino island of Mindanao on Monday and is ...

Philippines typhoon: Canada sending rapid response team

Toronto Star - ‎53 seconds ago‎

OTTAWA—A government source says elements of Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team are being sent to the Philippines in the wake of last week's catastrophic typhoon. The rapid-response team, known as DART, comprises 200 Canadian Forces ...

'Save yourself': Remarkable stories begin to emerge from the typhoon zone

NBCNews.com (blog) - ‎2 minutes ago‎

By Jim Maceda and Erin McClam, NBC News. Stories of survival and perseverance — some miraculous, each heartbreaking in its own way — are emerging from the typhoon-wrecked islands of the Philippines. On the third day after the storm, perhaps the ...

Typhoon spared much of Philippines' economy

USA TODAY - ‎2 minutes ago‎

While Typhoon Haiyan undoubtedly killed many thousands of people, the storm's path may have spared the Philippines from an even worse economic catastrophe. The storm took an estimated $14 billion toll on its economy, according to Kinetic Analysis, ...

Giving cash called best option for helping typhoon-ravaged Philippines

The Province - ‎7 minutes ago‎

Haiyan was downgraded from a typhoon to a tropical storm by the time it hit Vietnam early Monday. The storm may have killed 10,000 people in the Philippines. (Nov. 11). TORONTO - Anxious members of Canada's Filipino community faced daunting logistical ...

Typhoon Haiyan: Official death toll in Philippines rises to 942

CTV News - ‎9 minutes ago‎

TACLOBAN, Philippines -- The Philippine military said Monday it has confirmed 942 people have died in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. Military spokesman Lt. Jim Alagao said 275 others were confirmed missing from the storm, one of the strongest on ...

In 'corpse-choked wasteland,' Haiyan survivors beg for help

Arab News - ‎9 minutes ago‎

Residents queue up to receive treatment and relief supplies at Tacloban airport Monday, following Friday's super typhoon Haiyan that lashed this city and several provinces in central Philippines. (AP). Agencies. Published — Tuesday 12 November 2013.

Amid gruesome typhoon scenes, aid trickles in

Philly.com - ‎10 minutes ago‎

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) - Bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and desperate survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine as rescue workers took on a daunting task Monday in the typhoon-battered islands of the Philippines.

State of national calamity declared in Philippines

Irish Times - ‎13 minutes ago‎

Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday after a super typhoon killed an estimated 10,000 in the central Philippines. President Benigno Aquino declared a state of national calamity and deployed hundreds of ...

Philippine typhoon death toll to rise as rescuers reach remote areas

Reuters - ‎14 minutes ago‎

TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Rescue workers were trying to reach towns and villages in the central Philippines on Tuesday that were cut off by a powerful typhoon in an operation that could reveal the full extent of the loss of life and devastation from the ...

Typhoon skips two Texas Instruments' factories in the Philippines

Dallas Morning News (blog) - ‎17 minutes ago‎

The Philippines' Leyte Province yesterday after being hit by Typhoon Haiyan. (Ryan Lim Xinhua/Zuma Press/MCT). Texas Instruments Inc. said its two factories in the Philippines were not affected by the typhoon that devastated the island nation yesterday.

Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines declares state of calamity

BBC News - ‎22 minutes ago‎

The Philippine President Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity to speed relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. In a statement, he said the two worst affected provinces, Leyte and Samar, had suffered massive destruction and loss of life ...

Relief effort intensifies after Philippines tragedy

Detroit Free Press - ‎23 minutes ago‎

ORMOC, PHILIPPINES — The relief effort for typhoon-ravaged Philippines islands cranked up Monday amid stunning devastation that authorities say may have left up to 10,000 people dead. Philippine soldiers were distributing food and water in Tacloban, ...

Helping typhoon victims

The Seattle Times - ‎24 minutes ago‎

Local organizations are raising money to help get thousands of Filipinos back on their feet after deadly Typhoon Haiyan slammed the Philippines on Friday. By Alexa Vaughn. Seattle Times staff reporter. PREV of NEXT. Aida Carbonell tries to hold back tears ...

Why Typhoon Haiyan Caused So Much Damage

NPR - ‎24 minutes ago‎

The deadly typhoon that swept through the Philippines was one of the strongest ever recorded. But storms nearly this powerful are actually common in the eastern Pacific. Typhoon Haiyan's devastation can be chalked up to a series of bad coincidences.

Marines head to the Philippines after typhoon catastrophe

CNN (blog) - ‎25 minutes ago‎

(CNN) - After taking a chopper tour of the carnage in the Philippines, an American general said there were bodies everywhere. The Marines have now touched down in the nation, to help the more than four million people affected by what could be the biggest ...

Montreal man worries about missing parents in wake of Typhoon Haiyan

CTV News - ‎26 minutes ago‎

The devastation in the Philippines is hitting home for 25,000 Filipino-Canadians, many of whom live in and around Montreal and are still missing family members following Typhoon Haiyan. “The only thing that I can do and we can do is to send them prayers,” ...

'Miracle' baby born in Philippine typhoon rubble

Arab News - ‎26 minutes ago‎

JOY TO THE WORLD: Baby Beatriz Joy is born at a makeshift medical center in the storm damaged central Philippine city of Tacloban on Monday. (AFP). Agence France Presse. Published — Tuesday 12 November 2013. Last update 11 November 2013 ...

Storm Surge And Low-Lying Philippines Made A Deadly Combination

NPR (blog) - ‎27 minutes ago‎

The worst part of Typhoon Haiyan, which is thought to have killed 10,000 people in the Philippines, was storm surge, NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on All Things Considered. Joyce spoke with storm surge expert Carl Drews, of the National Center for ...

US sends more troops to storm-ravaged Philippines

AFP - ‎27 minutes ago‎

Washington — The United States said Monday it was providing $20 million in humanitarian aid as well as additional troops to help out in the Philippines after the devastating hit of Typhoon Haiyan. Four MV-22B Ospreys -- aircraft that can operate in difficult ...

Typhoon Haiyan: how you can help the Philippines

The Guardian - ‎28 minutes ago‎

Two boys look at the devastation in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban in the Philippines. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images. The Philippine Red Cross is deploying rescue teams to affected areas of the country. The British Red Cross and the ...

Reports of total devastation trickle in from towns cut off by typhoon Haiyan

The Guardian - ‎28 minutes ago‎

Typhoon Haiyan: followed by his family, a man carries a coffin containing the body of his one-year-old baby in Tacloban in the Philippines. Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP. The first trickle of aid began to arrive in regions of the Philippines devastated by typhoon ...

Baby's birth amid debris brings cheers in typhoon-devastated Philippine city

Ottawa Citizen - ‎30 minutes ago‎

Survivors uses a steel roof to carry groceries and supplies in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no ...

Aid trickles in to typhoon-wrecked Philippine islands; with no body bags, corpses ...

Ottawa Citizen - ‎30 minutes ago‎

Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced a daunting relief effort that had barely begun Monday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine. (Nov. 11). TACLOBAN, Philippines ...

Aid Groups Struggle To Meet Needs After Typhoon In Philippines

NPR - ‎32 minutes ago‎

Three days after Typhoon Haiyan ravaged across the central Philippines, devastation remains. An estimated 10,000 people have died with more than 600,000 displaced because of the storm. Robert Siegel talks to Aaron Aspi from the humanitarian aid group ...

Typhoon Hero Who Saved Trapped Families In Philippines Was 'Just Working ...

Huffington Post - ‎35 minutes ago‎

He thought there was a good chance he wouldn't make it through Typhoon Haiyan, but Jonathan Fitzpatrick decided that if these were his last moments on earth, he would spend them helping people in need. Fitzpatrick, of Walsall England, was in the ...

Typhoon Worse for Philippines Economy Than Sandy for U.S.

Bloomberg - ‎37 minutes ago‎

Destruction from Typhoon Haiyan, which flattened buildings and unleashed storm surges that may have killed 10,000 people, could be several times worse for the Philippines economy than superstorm Sandy was for the U.S.. Losses will be $12 billion to $15 ...

Storm-chaser says Haiyan 'off the scale'

Sky News Australia - ‎38 minutes ago‎

Storm-chaser says Haiyan 'off the scale'. Updated: 09:06, Tuesday November 12, 2013. Storm-chaser says Haiyan 'off the scale'. For professional storm-chaser James Reynolds, whose day job involves capturing typhoons, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions ...

Typhoon creates health crisis in the Philippines

CNN - ‎40 minutes ago‎

(CNN) -- The unprecedented natural disaster that came in the form of Typhoon Haiyan is a potential medical disaster for the Philippines, according to emergency crews on the ground. The Red Cross says it has ordered 10,000 body bags in preparation for the ...

UN expects 'the worst' in Philippines typhoon disaster

Bangkok Post - ‎42 minutes ago‎

The UN warned it expected "the worst" in the typhoon disaster that devastated the Philippines, saying one town alone may have more than 10,000 dead, adding even more urgency to rescue operations underway Tuesday. This aerial photo shows a ...