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Typhoon Haiyan slams the Philippines Hundreds are feared dead after a massive storm lashes the archipelago with sustained winds exceeding 140 mph. Haiyan is churning toward Vietnam.
Nov. 9, 2013
An aerial view shows damaged houses on a coastal community, after Typhoon Haiyan hit Iloilo province in the central Philippines. One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall devastated the archipelago, killing hundreds and leaving thousands more homeless.
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Damaged buildings are seen in Tacloban, Leyte. Massive storm surges leveled seaside homes in the central Philippines.
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Nov. 9, 2013
A Filipino resident sorts through the remnants of his home in Tacloban, Leyte province. More than 700,000 people have been displaced by the most powerful typhoon to strike the area in three decades.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Survivors pass the damaged city of Tacloban. Winds of up to 170 mph were recorded.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Tacloban residents who lost their homes use a public bus as shelter.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Palm trees were uprooted by the typhoon in Tacloban.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Residents unload relief goods from a helicopter in a hard-hit village in Panay island, Iloilo province.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Filipinos line up to receive supplies in Tacloban.
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Nov. 9, 2013
An aerial shot shows a flooded area in the coastal communities of Iloilo province in the central Philippines.
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Nov. 9, 2013
The village hall in Janiuay, Iloilo province, was damaged.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Rice fields in Iloilo province are flooded.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Multiple structures lie in ruins in Iloilo province.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Strong winds from Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, devastated coastal communities in Iloilo province.
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Nov. 9, 2013
When Haiyan made landfall, wind gusts of up to 170 mph were recorded.
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Nov. 9, 2013
A welcome sign is seen at the entrance of battered Tacloban. The central Philippine city was in ruins. Horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees and authorities said they were expecting a “very high number of fatalities.”
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
Bodies wrapped in blankets are placed inside a damaged chapel in Tacloban. After arriving in Tacloban on Saturday, Interior Secretary Max Roxas said it was too early to know how many people had died in the storm. “The rescue operation is ongoing, we expect a very high number of fatalities as well as injured,” he said.
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AP
Nov. 9, 2013
Filipinos carry a victim in Tacloban, a city of 200,000 located about 360 miles southeast of Manila.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Filipinos carry a victim in Tacloban. The Philippine Red Cross and its partners were preparing for a major relief effort “because of the magnitude of the disaster,” said the agency’s chairman, Richard Gordon.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 9, 2013
A view of typhoon-ravaged airport at Tacloban. The airport looked like a muddy wasteland of debris Saturday, with crumpled tin roofs and upturned cars. The airport tower’s glass windows were shattered, and air force helicopters were busy flying in and out at the start of relief operations.
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Nov. 9, 2013
An airport control tower in Tacloban is in disarray after the typhoon blew through.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Volunteers in Manila repack rice at the Department of Social Welfare and Development for relief workers to distribute.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Residents walk by debris in Tacloban. ABS-CBN television anchor Ted Failon, who was able to report only briefly Friday from the city, said the storm surge was “like the tsunami in Japan.” He said the sea engulfed Tacloban, explaining that a major part of the city is surrounded on three sides by the waters between Leyte and Samar islands.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Residents sit outside their damaged house in Tacloban. Nearly 800,000 people across the Philippines were forced to flee their homes and damage was believed to be extensive. About 4 million people were affected by the typhoon, the national disaster agency said.
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AP
Nov. 9, 2013
Survivors assess the damage in Tacloban. By Saturday, the storm had cleared the Philippines, leaving devastation in its wake, as it headed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam, where it is expected to hit land Sunday.
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
Residents sift through the rubble of their damaged house in Tacloban.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Debris litters the damaged airport in Tacloban.
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
A Philippine flag stands amid the damage in Tacloban.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Astronaut Karen Nyberg aboard the international space station captured this image of Typhoon Haiyan.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Residents in the Duy Xuyen district of Quang Nam province, Vietnam, dig a trench in preparation for the typhoon, which is expected to make landfall Sunday.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Residents prepare sand bags to reinforce a sea dike in Vietnam’s Phu Yen province. More than 100,000 people are being evacuated from the typhoon’s path.
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Nov. 9, 2013
Red Cross volunteers and staff place sandbags on houses in the Da Nang province of Vietnam, in preparation for the typhoon’s arrival.
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Vietnamese Red Cross via Reuters
Nov. 9, 2013
A resident secures the gate to a house as he prepares to evacuate in central Da Nang, Vietnam.
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Nov. 8, 2013
Boys play next to strong waves in a coastal village as strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered the town of Bayog, south of Manila. Haiyan, the strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land, bore down on the northern tip of Cebu province, a popular tourist destination with the country's second-largest city, after lashing the islands of Leyte and Samar with 170-mph wind gusts and 15- to 19-foot waves.
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Nov. 8, 2013
A three-wheeled motorcycle maneuvers in floodwaters in Taguig.
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Nov. 8, 2013
A fisherman carries his net after making it safely back to shore in Bayog after strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan battered the fishing village.
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Nov. 8, 2013
Families of indigenous Filipino Badjao seek refuge inside a gymnasium that was turned into an evacuation center in Cebu province. Eduardo del Rosario, head of the disaster response agency, said a typhoon of similar strength that hit the Philippines in 1990 killed 508 people and left 246 missing, but this time authorities had taken preemptive evacuation and other measures to minimize casualties.
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Nov. 8, 2013
A Filipino stands on a roof of a home with a backdrop of a cloudy financial district in Manila.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 8, 2013
Debris litters the road by the coastal village in Legazpi, about 325 miles south of Manila.
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AP
Nov. 8, 2013
Residents rush to safety past a fallen tree during strong winds brought by Typhoon Haiyan that hit Cebu, a city in the central Philippines.
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Reuters
Nov. 8, 2013
Residents stand along a seawall in Legaspi, the Philippines. The storms’ heavy winds and rains triggered landslides and knocked out power and communication lines in several provinces.
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Nov. 8, 2013
Residents walk along the coast while strong winds from Typhoon Haiyan batter Bayog, south of Manila.
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Nov. 8, 2013
A mother takes refuge with her children as Typhoon Haiyan hits Cebu.
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Nov. 8, 2013
Huge waves hit the shoreline in Legazpi. A collection of islands in the Southwest Pacific, the Philippines is hit by about 20 typhoons and storms a year.
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Nov. 8, 2013
A man walks away from the shoreline as Typhoon Haiyan smashs into coastal communities on the central island of Cebu.
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Nov. 8, 2013
People stand at the pier as Typhoon Haiyan smashes into coastal communities on the central Philippine island of Bacalod.
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Nov. 8, 2013
Relief packages are prepared at the Department of Social Welfare and Development warehouse in Manila. Nearly 720,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes.
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Nov. 8, 2013
A farmer inspects his cornfields that were damage by the passing of Typhoon Haiyan in Cebu, Philippines.
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Nov. 8, 2013
Workers examine the damage after a giant Christmas tree was toppled by strong winds in the island province of Cebu.
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Nov. 8, 2013
Debris floats on a flooded road as strong winds and rain batter buildings after Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in Tacloban, Philippines.
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Nov. 7, 2013
In this photo from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Typhoon Haiyan moves toward the Philippines. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has increased its estimate of Haiyan’s maximum sustained winds to 195 mph, with gusts to 235 mph. As of about 3 p.m. Eastern time, the storm was within a few hours of landfall in the central Philippines.
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Nov. 7, 2013
Residents of Legazpi, Philippines, are evacuated ahead of Haiyan, which is known as Yolanda in the island nation. The storm was not expected to directly hit Manila, which is farther north.
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Nov. 7, 2013
The Philippines’ president, Benigno Aquino III, speaks about Typhoon Haiyan during a nationally televised address at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Standing at right is Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr.
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Malacanang Photo Bureau via AP
Nov. 7, 2013
Residents of Albay are evacuated ahead of the typhoon. Violent winds, torrential rain and a storm surge are expected along Haiyan’s path.
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AP
Nov. 7, 2013
People sleep on the floor as they seek refuge inside a gymnasium, which was turned into an evacuation center, in Sorsogon City, Philippines. School classes were suspended in the country, and some offices closed early in provinces expected to bear the brunt of Haiyan.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 7, 2013
Workers take down a giant billboard along a busy highway as they prepare for the possible effects of Haiyan in Makati, south of Manila.
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AP
Nov. 7, 2013
Fishermen carry a wooden boat for safekeeping in anticipation of the powerful storm in Ormoc, Philippines. Thousands of people evacuated coastal communities in the eastern Philippines as the country braced for the typhoon.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 6, 2013
Residents carry sandbags as they reinforce a dike at a coastal village in Manila in preparation for Typhoon Haiyan. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration warned of possible flash floods and landslides.
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 6, 2013
A man carries sandbags as he helps prepare for the storm in a coastal village in Manila.
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Nov. 6, 2013
Residents carry sandbags as they reinforce a dike at a coastal village in Manila ahead of Haiyan’s arrival.
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Nov. 6, 2013
A Philippine coast guard chaplain blesses newly acquired rubber boats during a ceremony in Manila. Chief Rear Adm. Rodolfo Isorena ordered the boats to be deployed to the central Philippines.
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