Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
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As we all might have heard, this typhoon (which was called Yolanda in our country) which was said to be the strongest for this year slammed our country last week, particularly Leyte province. As of today, there are about 10,000 casualties and a few hundreds of thousands who needs help. Houses and establishments have been washed out by the storm surge, there's scarcity of drinking water for the survivors, and to make matters worse, power and communication was down. It totally broke my heart to see the pictures and videos of the aftermath of this calamity. Reading the experiences of some of the survivors was devastating. It is more hurting that one neighboring province (Bohol) is still recovering from the earthquake that hit them last month. On the bright side, I was happy to read one news report that 23 countries volunteered offers of assistance to our country. Apart from the assistance provided by each country and international group, several individuals also extended their help. Leyte may take a while to recover, but all the assistance that was given will greatly help in their recovery. On behalf of my countrymen who were affected, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to those who extended their aid, whether in kind, cash, or in prayers.
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As we all might have heard, this typhoon (which was called Yolanda in our country) which was said to be the strongest for this year slammed our country last week, particularly Leyte province. As of today, there are about 10,000 casualties and a few hundreds of thousands who needs help. Houses and establishments have been washed out by the storm surge, there's scarcity of drinking water for the survivors, and to make matters worse, power and communication was down. It totally broke my heart to see the pictures and videos of the aftermath of this calamity. Reading the experiences of some of the survivors was devastating. It is more hurting that one neighboring province (Bohol) is still recovering from the earthquake that hit them last month. On the bright side, I was happy to read one news report that 23 countries volunteered offers of assistance to our country. Apart from the assistance provided by each country and international group, several individuals also extended their help. Leyte may take a while to recover, but all the assistance that was given will greatly help in their recovery. On behalf of my countrymen who were affected, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to those who extended their aid, whether in kind, cash, or in prayers.
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I wish y'all the best. I don't watch TV so I just heard about it today, so sad my heart goes out to y'all!
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As we all might have heard, this typhoon (which was called Yolanda in our country) which was said to be the strongest for this year slammed our country last week, particularly Leyte province. As of today, there are about 10,000 casualties and a few hundreds of thousands who needs help. Houses and establishments have been washed out by the storm surge, there's scarcity of drinking water for the survivors, and to make matters worse, power and communication was down. It totally broke my heart to see the pictures and videos of the aftermath of this calamity. Reading the experiences of some of the survivors was devastating. It is more hurting that one neighboring province (Bohol) is still recovering from the earthquake that hit them last month. On the bright side, I was happy to read one news report that 23 countries volunteered offers of assistance to our country. Apart from the assistance provided by each country and international group, several individuals also extended their help. Leyte may take a while to recover, but all the assistance that was given will greatly help in their recovery. On behalf of my countrymen who were affected, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to those who extended their aid, whether in kind, cash, or in prayers.
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My Strong gratitude to all Philiphines for this Typhoon. However, these are very cruel but cannot avoid. We can be safe when we follow directions provided by government and public interest orgnisations such as Red Cross Etc. May be not the right time to present in India recently we got a Typhoon like storm but get out with no loss. I beleive this is because of active participation of people in following the care to be taken such as leave the place when ever necessary etc. We must always give the priority to lives not to the properties. So, we have leave the place as soon as governemnt asked us to Vacate in the track it is coming down. However, we pray god that philipines recover from this as soon as possible.
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As we all might have heard, this typhoon (which was called Yolanda in our country) which was said to be the strongest for this year slammed our country last week, particularly Leyte province. As of today, there are about 10,000 casualties and a few hundreds of thousands who needs help. Houses and establishments have been washed out by the storm surge, there's scarcity of drinking water for the survivors, and to make matters worse, power and communication was down. It totally broke my heart to see the pictures and videos of the aftermath of this calamity. Reading the experiences of some of the survivors was devastating. It is more hurting that one neighboring province (Bohol) is still recovering from the earthquake that hit them last month. On the bright side, I was happy to read one news report that 23 countries volunteered offers of assistance to our country. Apart from the assistance provided by each country and international group, several individuals also extended their help. Leyte may take a while to recover, but all the assistance that was given will greatly help in their recovery. On behalf of my countrymen who were affected, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to those who extended their aid, whether in kind, cash, or in prayers.
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I hope that the country recovers soon. Disasters like this are nasty, and truly out of what man can control. :(
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As we all might have heard, this typhoon (which was called Yolanda in our country) which was said to be the strongest for this year slammed our country last week, particularly Leyte province. As of today, there are about 10,000 casualties and a few hundreds of thousands who needs help. Houses and establishments have been washed out by the storm surge, there's scarcity of drinking water for the survivors, and to make matters worse, power and communication was down. It totally broke my heart to see the pictures and videos of the aftermath of this calamity. Reading the experiences of some of the survivors was devastating. It is more hurting that one neighboring province (Bohol) is still recovering from the earthquake that hit them last month. On the bright side, I was happy to read one news report that 23 countries volunteered offers of assistance to our country. Apart from the assistance provided by each country and international group, several individuals also extended their help. Leyte may take a while to recover, but all the assistance that was given will greatly help in their recovery. On behalf of my countrymen who were affected, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to those who extended their aid, whether in kind, cash, or in prayers.
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walterhevedeich wrote:
10,000 casualties
That seems rather low for the damage caused. Even so I suppose the hospitals would be overwhelmed with 10,000 casualties turning up all at once. How many dead? I have seen reports saying as many as 20,000, how are they going to dispose of the corpses? (Mass burials is an option, but you need to get rid of the dead before they rot and spread cholera, typhoid, dysentery etc). There was a piece on the news about a man who lost his wife and three children, you just cannot imagine the grief. Sad, very sad.
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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walterhevedeich wrote:
10,000 casualties
That seems rather low for the damage caused. Even so I suppose the hospitals would be overwhelmed with 10,000 casualties turning up all at once. How many dead? I have seen reports saying as many as 20,000, how are they going to dispose of the corpses? (Mass burials is an option, but you need to get rid of the dead before they rot and spread cholera, typhoid, dysentery etc). There was a piece on the news about a man who lost his wife and three children, you just cannot imagine the grief. Sad, very sad.
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
The news report says that it was around 10,000. But then, there were also reports of people who buried their dead loved ones just after the flood subsided, so we really don't know, though I think it was more than that.
Dalek Dave wrote:
There was a piece on the news about a man who lost his wife and three children, you just cannot imagine the grief.
Yes it's very sad. A friend of mine who was from there lost both her parents. :rose:
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walterhevedeich wrote:
10,000 casualties
That seems rather low for the damage caused. Even so I suppose the hospitals would be overwhelmed with 10,000 casualties turning up all at once. How many dead? I have seen reports saying as many as 20,000, how are they going to dispose of the corpses? (Mass burials is an option, but you need to get rid of the dead before they rot and spread cholera, typhoid, dysentery etc). There was a piece on the news about a man who lost his wife and three children, you just cannot imagine the grief. Sad, very sad.
--------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
What are you doing, just sitting there twiddling your fingers and mouthing platitudes? They need buckets.
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