Typhoon Haiyan claimed 1,774 Lives

Typhoon Haiyan claimed 1,774 Lives


Along with the increasingly scarce supplies of food and beverages in the affected territory Typhoon Haiyan , the Philippine government announced that the death toll reached 1,744 people temporarily .
However , the figure is expected to rise because there are still thousands of people missing . In addition, there are reports of mass graves containing hundreds of human remains . Until now , there are still many bodies scattered in the streets .
In Tacloban City , four days after Haiyan hit , the road to the airport was full of people who sought to break out of the area . Access entrance to the town is also packed with motorcycles and cars that precede each scramble . In fact , aid workers have warned that the supply of food and water began to thin out ..
" Tacloban is now in a state of being chaotic and dangerous , " shouted Nelia Baltazar , 52, of her husband's motorcycle when dibonceng . " We just wanted to get out of here . "
Meanwhile , residents from outside the area who are busy looking for fuel , relatives , or help continue to flood the city .
Tacloban some streets flooded and filled with people who dig the rubble in search of food , loved ones , or both . They covered his face with a towel or scarf to ward off foul smell of human bodies and animal carcasses strewn on the side of the road . Average body covered in tarps or zinc body part ..
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Tacloban is located in Leyte , one of two provinces in central Philippines experiencing the worst effects of typhoon terdahsyat on the earth . Other provinces , namely Samar , about 563 miles south of Manila , which is struggling to overcome horror envelops the area . Approximately 500 people were buried in mass graves in Basey , overlooking the city of Tacloban , Samar Governor said , Sharee Ann Tan . Meanwhile , many other bodies were only buried in the side of the road . Approximately 2,000 people are still missing . And Marabut Basey town in Samar located flat land . On Tuesday , 200 bodies buried in mass Tacloban .
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III focuses on two provinces devastated . He proclaimed thorough measures to allow sending the aid to survivors and expedite rescue efforts .
Council and the National Disaster Risk Indemnity says about 10 million people in 42 of 81 provinces Philippines due to Typhoon Haiyan feeling . More than 28,000 houses were damaged .
The rapid increase in the number of deaths indicated that rescue workers began entering remote areas . In addition , improvement of telecommunications services in some areas allowing the spread of the report .
With the increasing number of logistics , President Benigno said food packages for 55,000 families are available every day . About 800 soldiers and police deployed to Tacloban to ward off looters presence , clearing roads of fallen trees , and go do a search of survivors and dead in the rubble .
Tacloban airport was damaged , but still open for limited commercial service . Number of roads and bridges cleared .
Many countries sent additional equipment to transport logistics and personnel support . ( WSJ )