World Typhoon Haiyan: More than 10,000 Feared Dead in Philippines

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About 10,000 people may be dead in only one portion of the Philippines struck by the Typhoon Haiyan, BBC reports.

Typhoon Haiyan is one of the worst storms reported in history and it has destroyed homes, schools and a Tacloban airport.

Samar Island was also hit, and as at the time of this report, 300 people have died with about 2,000 missing.

The Philippine government has confirmed the deaths of 151 people, but hundreds of thousands have been displaced with a lot of them largely unaccounted for.

BBC reports that the scene at Tacloban, capital of Leyte province, is an utter wreck.

The typhoon has literally flattened houses in Tacloban, and there is no clean water, no electricity and food supply is diminishing rapidly.

City officials are trying to distribute aid to the affected people. Meanwhile, looting has become rampart. Hundreds of people are at the airport, hoping to get a flight out of Tacloban.

The typhoon isn’t letting up, as it is headed towards Vietnam. More than 600,000 people have been removed from the northern provinces. At least four people died there while trying to escape the storm.

The BBC weather Centre reports that the typhoon is expected to make a grand entrance at the south of Hanoi on Monday afternoon, local time (between the hours of 3:00 and 09:00 GMT), noting that by then Typhoon Haiyan would have reduced in strength.
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