10,000 feared dead in Philippines typhoon

[yield]

Mass vaccinations for children in typhoon-hit Philippines
AFP – 27/11/13

The UN said the vaccination programme would aim to reach 500,000 children across the disaster zone, which covers dozens of ruined towns mainly on Leyte and Samar islands, two of the poorest in the country.

The government's confirmed death toll from Haiyan, which brought some of the strongest winds ever recorded and tsunami-like storm surges, rose by about 250 to 5,500, with another 1,757 people missing.

The death toll has continued to climb because full assessments are still yet to be made in the devastated communities, and not because many more people have died in the aftermath of the typhoon.

Haiyan rivals a 1976 tsunami on the southern island of Mindanao as the deadliest recorded natural disaster to strike the Philippines. The 1976 disaster killed between 5,000 and 8,000 people.

They'll be finding bodies for weeks yet.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yeah...

 

[weltweit]

It does seem to have dropped from the news feeds, I don't like that.

 

[gosub]

It does seem to have dropped from the news feeds, I don't like that.

Now is the time it should be in the news. Heard people bitching a couple of days at which time space on the relief choppers would have been at a premium. Really do have to redevelop our relationship with the media but then the rubber neck on the motorway usually calms down by the time its carting body bags.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It'll probably be back on the news next week as that's a month on, the first milestone and something of a peg to hang a media story on...

 

[goldenecitrone]

Benefit gig on tonight in London.

British Filipino Synthpop band Ooberfuse are holding a night of live music and entertaining speeches in aid of the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan. Also performing at the event are award winning British DJ and producerGalactus Jack, London-based hip hop artist Baliva, plus special guest speaker John Sweeney from the BBC's Panorama.

The event is free and will be held on 30th November 2013, 7pm at AAA Archangel, Kensington.

"I was born in Tacloban City, the ground zero of the recent Typhoon Haiyan disaster", explains Ooberfuse lead singer Cherrie Anderson.

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