More devastation ahead. Second typhoon expected in 3 days
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DESTRUCTION AND DEATH EVERYWHERE
MORE DEVASTATION AHEAD
1) ANOTHER TYPHOON RATED AS A HEAVY RAINMAKER WITH
APPROXIMATELY THE SAME PATH IS EXPECTED IN 3-4 DAYS
SUPER TYPHOON HAIYAN DEVASTATES THE PHILIPPINES;
NOVEMBER 8-10, 2013
HAIYAN MOVES TOWARDS VIETNAM AND CHINA: SAT., NOV 9
HAIYAN: A SUPER TYPHOON
RATED AS PROBABLY THE STRONGEST TYPHOON EVER TO STRIKE THE
PHILIPPINES
ADVANCE EVACUATIONS
• 800,000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters.
AN EVACUATION CENTER
LANDFALL ON FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 8
FOUR HOURS OF FEAR AND DESTRUCTION
• Winds flattened hundreds of homes,• Heavy rainfall triggered mudslides and
flash flooding.• A storm surge with waves of up to 10 m
(30 feet) destroyed everything, sweeping people away and drowning thousands.
• Authorities said almost 800,000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters.
AN AERIAL VIEW
• It was like a tsunami," Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas told Reuters.
• "From a helicopter, you can see the extent of devastation. From the shore and moving a kilometer inland, there are no structures standing.
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
TACLOBAN (ON LEYTE ISLAND) HIT THE HARDEST
SURVIVOR STORIES
• Survivors of the storm described towering waves that swept away all but the hardiest shelters.
STORM SURGE
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
DESTRUCTION AND DEATH EVERYWHERE
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE
TACLOBAN AIRPORT
INITIAL IMPACTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
• Wide spread flooding and power outages
• Winds of 380 kph (290 mph)• TACLOBAN hit very hard by the
storm surge with many deaths• Tacloban’s airport destroyed
INITIAL IMPACTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
• Loss of communication• An estimated 10,000 people
dead; EVEN HIGHER TOLL POSSIBLE
• Economic losses in the billions
SURVIVOR NEEDS
• Survivors are in desperate need of clean drinking water and food
• Survivors temporarily cut off from aid, and from their families in the Philippines as well as in other countries (e.g., 3 million in the USA)
USA MILITARY FORCES DISPATCHED TO ASSIST IN
WHAT WILL BE AN HISTORIC RELIEF EFFORT