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Eyewitness Reports After Typhoon in Philippines


				By Jennifer Preston 
November 8, 2013 6:09 pm
November 8, 2013 6:09 pm
 

In Daang Maharlika Highway going to downtown Tacloban Leyte http://t.co/3fzQKWsby7
— robert mano (@robertmanodzmm) 9 Nov 13
Updated 3:30 p.m., Nov. 9 Dramatic images and video from local journalists and eyewitnesses show the extent of the damage in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which  tore through the center of the Philippines on Friday. 
As my colleague, Floyd Whaley reported Red Cross officials estimated Saturday that more than 1,000 people were killed. But the death toll could rise as rescuers made their way to isolated parts of the three large island provinces — Samar, Leyte and Bohol —  which were all hard hit by the powerful storm known locally as Yolanda.
Writing on Facebook about Tacloban City, where hundreds of people are feared dead,  Josh Morgerman, a member of a storm chasing team, described an “utterly ghastly” scene during and after the storm. He and his two team members, including one man injured while helping rescue people, were able to leave Saturday by helicopter. 
First off, Tacloban City is devastated. The city is a horrid landscape of smashed buildings and completely defoliated trees, with widespread looting and unclaimed bodies decaying in the open air. The typhoon moved fast and didn’t last long– only a few hours– but it struck the city with absolutely terrifying ferocity.










Video footage from ICyclone, a team of three storm chasers in Tacloban City when the typhoon struck. 

Robert Mano, a radio reporter for the ABS-CBN Corporation,  shared multiple photos on Twitter as he made his way through the devastated Tacloban City.
One of the victims of #YolandaPH http://t.co/eo95wy02XY
— robert mano (@robertmanodzmm) 9 Nov 13
Isa sa mga sasakyan na inanod sa Tacloban Leyte http://t.co/5s5uSahAJs
— robert mano (@robertmanodzmm) 9 Nov 13

Mga taxi na inanod ng tubig-dagat sa Tacloban Leyte http://t.co/IMeC5fIZVz
— robert mano (@robertmanodzmm) 9 Nov 13
Perimeter of Tacloban City Hall http://t.co/8hJjd9SUym
— robert mano (@robertmanodzmm) 9 Nov 13
Imagine how strong #YolandaPH in Tacloban http://t.co/YWnetx8xtd
— robert mano (@robertmanodzmm) 9 Nov 13
People were also turning to Twitter to try and find missing loved ones. 
Please help us find MARVIN EMPEYNADO from Tacloban.His family is super worried. Pa RT pls @imrobinpadila http://t.co/YSJIO8qAOD
— ☆ janissa ☆ (@malditajanita) 9 Nov 13
Both the Red Cross and Google, with its online Person Finder, are assisting people trying to find friends and family members.
If you are looking for a family or friend, +639175328500, +632-5270867, sos@redcross.org.ph, zenaida.beltejar@redcross.org.ph,
— Philippine Red Cross (@philredcross) 9 Nov 13
Ritchel M. Deleon posted photos on Twitter of the debris-filled streets in Ormoc, on the island of Leyte, located in the path of the storm.
@Ormoc city http://t.co/vs7rFC3fmG
— Ritchel M. Deleon (@kisseshug04) 8 Nov 13

More pic super typhone yolanda Ormoc city leyte…please have mercy on us http://t.co/mvk4eTg5ik
— Ritchel M. Deleon (@kisseshug04) 8 Nov 13
Ren Hechanova Liza’s video posted on Facebook  shows heavy damage near Ormoc. 
In Lingig, a town in the province of Surigao del Sur, Hernel Tocmo showed the effects of the storm surge, combined with the heavy winds, on homes. 
6 houses in Cateel, Davao Oriental were washed away by huge waves last night. #YolandaPH @ABSCBNNews http://t.co/BpAbALjGpX
— Hernel Tocmo (@HernelTocmo) 8 Nov 13
13 houses in purok 13, Lingig, Surigao del Sur were also destroyed by big waves. #YolandaPH @ABSCBNNews http://t.co/HoF5oT8AwB
— Hernel Tocmo (@HernelTocmo) 8 Nov 13
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, which has been posting regular updates on the typhoon, reported that it has weakened as it sped across the country into the West Philippines Sea toward Vietnam.
Track of Typhoon #YolandoPH as of 8 p.m., 08 November 2013 http://t.co/Lwyc6XqJG3
— PAGASA-DOST (@dost_pagasa) 8 Nov 13
#YolandaPH MTSAT ENHANCED-IR Satellite Image 2:30 a.m., 09 November 2013 http://t.co/t3NgCiyTdJ
— PAGASA-DOST (@dost_pagasa) 8 Nov 13
In hard-hit Tacloban, a city on the island of Leyte, Atom Araullo reported live during the storm for ABS-CBN, until communication problems made it impossible to continue. 









Street level, Tacloban, Leyte. (Video) #YolandaPH #Haiyan http://t.co/DoZMczynPn
— Atom Araullo (@atomaraullo) 7 Nov 13
Concern about Mr. Araullo’s safety prompted the television network to report hours later that he had made it through the storm.
ABS-CBN News team survives super typhoon http://t.co/7Cc7dSmKit
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) 8 Nov 13
Damage was also significant in Rojas, as can be seen in a video that Jackie Vee Sajise See posted on Facebook.
On Instagram, Jeff Canoy shared multiple pictures and videos from Bohol. 



On Leyte, local television footage broadcast by GMA in the Philippines showed the effects of the storm surge as floodwaters filled downtown streets. 















 

 
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