Death Toll from Supertyphoon Yolanda estimate could be as high as 10,000!

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From WorldNews NBC News | November 10, 2013


      
                              

While there were pledges of aid came fromAustralia, UK, and NZ , it is feared that death tolll could reach as high as 10,000 according to PNP Regional Director Elmerdo Soria.  Most of the deaths appear to have been caused by surging sea water strewn by debris and destroyed buildings.  His estimate is for the island of Leyte alone.  City Administrator Tecson Lim that this figure could be in Tacloban alone.  Tacloban is the biggest city in Leyte with a population of 200,000.

The 10,000 estimate is a huge jump from the 1,200 initially announced by PNRC Gwendolyn Pang
 Saturday.  The PHL national govt has not confirmed the figures.  NBC news was unable to independently confirm the numbers because of lack of  communications.

Should this be correct, the death toll could be as high as that of tsunami in Japan.

The storm surges could be as destructive as tsunami, as reported on the ground by the residents.  A resident who took a refuge under a parked jeep said a wall of water as HIGH AS A COCONUT TREE (about 40 ft) swept the jeep.  The wall of water had trees, logs, houses and debris.

As for the aid, NZ gave  $166,000 through the Red Cross, and Australia will give through the Red Cross family kits consisting of blankets, mosquito nets through PNRC in the amount of $366,000 (from Rappler)

Let us pray for the soul of those who perished from this typhoon
              

From CNN - Red Cross official estimates death toll from Typhoon Yolanda could reach 1,200

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From CNN News | by Andrew Stevens and Faith Karimi  updated at 9 pm


 
 Tacloban airport was totally destroyed;  I was there last year

Death toll could reach as high as 1,200 according to  Gwendolyn Pang, secretary general of Philippine Red Cross:   1,000 from Leyte and 200 from Samar.  More precise number could be determined by Sunday.  Much is not known from remote coastal villages where communication has been cut off.  This is also true for Cebu.  Daang Bantayan is inaccessible according to Dennis Chiong, head of Provincial Disaster and Risk center, where more than 3,000 residents need food and water.

The typhoon moved at a fast speed of 41 kph and and typhoon winds  covered area the size of Germany and typhoon clouds covered a distance of 1,000 km roughly the distance from Canada to Florida. 

The very strong winds tore roofs, windows and cut a wide swath of destruction

 
 A soldier inside the Tacloban airport control tower


  What happenned?  What hit our kababayan?   Tsunami or an atom bomb?  Let us pray for them and help them