Philippines typhoon leaves an estimated 1,000 dead in one coastal town alone, report says

Fox News ^ | 11/09/2013

[SeekAndFind]

One of the most powerful storms on record devastated the central Philippines, reportedly killing an estimated 1,000 people in one town alone and leaving the airport in the hard-hit city of Tacloban in shambles.

The Philippine Red Cross told Reuters that based on reports it estimates at least 1,000 dead in Tacloban, which is located about 360 miles southeast of Manila, and 200 in Samar Provice.

[SeekAndFind]

Tacloban is the capital of Leyte, the hometown of none other than Imelda Marcos.

[basil]

I cannot imagine trying to live through a storm like this.

Prayers up for all those suffering.

[Jack Hydrazine]

FReepers in the Philippines and nearby please check in with us.

[Zhang Fei]

Hope you and yours are safe.

[Macoozie]

ST Yolanda rolled right across the central Visayas.
Lots of low-lying and slide prone areas on the many small islands. This was a truly devastating storm.

Pray for the people of the PI.

[Mouton]

Also near the MacArthur landing spot in 1944.

It is a very Christian area, over 90% catholic.

I hope they faired better then initial reports....that is quite a storm, fierce and very large.

[Marcella]

Just read a mayor in a town on Cebu Island said there is no water or food. I suppose all fresh vegetable gardens were also destroyed. Long term stored food in cans would have survived plus bottles of water would survive, but I doubt those people had any of that. A house would fall down but the cans of food and water could be found among the wreckage.

I prepare for hurricanes and tornados and have long term food and water stored so I can get to it if the roof or house comes down and I keep a prepared backpack with food and water in them next to me if I have tornado warnings and there is another prepared backpack in my car. It doesn't matter where you live, stuff can happen.

[justa-hairyape]

Umm. It was a Cat 4 at landfall. Bad, but not one of the worse ever.

Shock News : Jeff Masters’ Most Powerful Hurricane Ever Was Only A Category 4

[Salvation]

Let us know if you are OK!!

[Justaham]

See more devastation here.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2494635/Philippines-super-typhoon-Haiyan-powerful-storm-history.html

[windcliff]

Thanks for the link.

[onedoug]

Looks like it’ll skirt Danang and the central coast and come ashore around the old DMZ.

Prayers for all those affected.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dreadful. RIP.

[FlJoePa]

Many reports out now have the death toll at well over 10K.

[HiTech RedNeck]

So not the windiest. Still a lot of folks killed. Where could someone like that go if they had enough warning?

[HiTech RedNeck]

One source says a lot of Christians (mostly Roman Catholic). I want to try not to precipitate the usual Reformed vs. Catholic storms which can get to near Cat 5 on their own. I sit on a fence called John 3:16 (and everything else is details).

But as the bible says, the judgment starts with the house of God. That makes sense because they have the highest responsibility due to what they have. If you can say you got Jesus, God jolly well wants you to be acting like it too. Hypocrisy is the biggest gospel pooper the world knows.

[dfwgator]

The drawback of living on an island....no way to escape unless you manage to hop on a plane.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’d think with enough warning, boats could get out of the way too. Still you’d need enough supplies on those boats.