Nearly a week after Typhoon Haiyan hit the central part of the Philippines , tens of thousands of people short of food and logistics , worried about the safety of yourself , or search for loved ones - fro in the most severely hit by the typhoon . It brings new difficulties in handling the disaster .
In , and around , Tacloban region on Wednesday , where the center of the rescue effort , shot, mass burial business , and news about the pushing action . Mayor of Tacloban ask some residents to leave the city if you have nowhere else to go . " The less people in Tacloban , the less that must be fed , " said Mayor Alfred Romualdez in an interview . " They should come out [ of Tacloban ] , " he said .
The problem is , many people who do not know where they would go . Aid agencies and government officials have no estimates on the number of people back and forth . However, the estimated amount exceeds tens of thousands .
Those people are sometimes in the opposite direction : When thousands of residents to evacuate by car , bus , plane , ferry , or on foot , many people still come from the countryside in the hope of getting supplies or find oran dear ones . Stephanie Uy - Tan , mayor of Catbalogan , within a few hours from Tacloban , said the urban population has doubled to 200,000 people in recent days . Prices were up and strangle resources .
Membludaknya humans complicate airports , ferry transport providers , and causing the fuel , water , and food became scarce . Many areas that are vulnerable even help started coming chaos .
Central government officials said it is working as quickly as possible . However , they found the logistical obstacles , including roads were destroyed by the hurricane. According to authorities , the death toll has reached 2,275 on Wednesday afternoon .
Many people are now focusing on the province of Samar . So far , the death toll in the region is relatively small compared with total mortality . However , the government has not had time to thoroughly assess the place . Only one airfield was built in one of the towns worst affected by the disaster , the Guiuan .
In a television interview with the Philippines on Wednesday , a congressman from the region , Ben Evardone said almost the entire eastern coastal city of sketchy perish . A total of 517 people died in the small town of Basey and most of the mass burial on Tuesday .
In Catbalogan , which since Friday, no electricity , the population soared a few days after the storm hit . Because , people from outside the area to the city in search of food and water . Soaring prices : a bag of rice which is usually valued $ 41 now its $ 64 .
More than 500 thousands of Filipinos displaced by Haiyan . Click to view chart the number of refugees per province .
" Casualties nil . But , we still have to determine the status of the disaster in order to stabilize prices , "said the mayor of Catbalogan .
Governor of Leyte province , the capital of Tacloban , ordered the closure of the bridge that connects the city to prevent the arrival of Samar Samar .
Human displacement on a large scale around the Philippines the center spread anxiety among some residents in long worried about the rebellion and crime in the region . ( WSJ )
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