Tacloban, Philippines – IN PHOTOS: Typhoon Aftermath

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    Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. The typhoon, known as Haiyan elsewhere in Asia but called Yolanda in the Philippines, was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Tacloban, Philippines – Five days into what could be the Philippines deadliest disaster ever, workers still struggle to get aid to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.

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    The scale of the disaster and challenges of delivering assistance means few in the region, strewn with debris and corpses, have received any help, despite tons of aid waiting to be distributed.

    The official death toll from the disaster rose to 1,774 on Tuesday, though authorities have said they expect that to rise markedly. They fear estimates of 10,000 dead are accurate and might be low. More than 9 million people have been affected across a large swath of the country, many of them made homeless.

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    YosseleGoylem
    YosseleGoylem
    10 years ago

    It’s heartbreaking!!!

    frummie
    frummie
    10 years ago

    i have a housekeeper from that city. every day she is crying. she hasn’t heard from here family in a week, she doesn’t know is her mom and dad brother and sisters are alive, or anything, its heart ranching to see it.

    I brought her to the western union and gave her 200$ to send for her family

    its so sad

    Yidden or goyim its sad