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| From GMANetwork.com: The Philippines appears on the verge of being engulfed by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in this composite image taken by the geostationary satellites of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) on November 7, 9:00 p.m. PHL time. EUMETSAT via Flickr |
This is all over the news and every time I see people interviewed, video coverage during the storm, it really breaks my heart. A lot have already suffered from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake last month and now we have the super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). The storm did landfalls 6 times in 4 provinces where winds were described to be something like being inside a washing machine and created huge waves as storm surges. Death toll is slowly increasing, bodies found some washed at sea and others on the streets. A lot were injured and missing: children, adults, pregnant women, elders.
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| Leyte province residents queue for relief goods outside the totally damaged Tacloban airport, where many died after a storm surge spawned by Supertyphoon ‘Yolanda’ inundated the airport and nearby villages. JULIANNE LOVE DE JESUS/INQUIRER.net |
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| SO YOUNG. A man brings his lifeless 6-year-old daughter to the morgue at the downtown area in Tacloban City, one of the fatalities in the storm surge whipped up by Supertyphoon “Yolanda.” NIÑO JESUS ORBETA |
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| HARD LANDING A large boat sits on top of destroyed homes after it was washed ashore by strong waves caused by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” in Tacloban City. AP |
I really admire the courage and dedication of the news teams from different networks, braving the storm and providing coverage and the actual status of the places where the storm passed to relay to the rescue teams and the rest of the Filipino people.
In our very own way, we can help those who were hit by a storm.
- List of organizations accepting donations as of November 10, 2013: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2013/11/10/list-orgs-accepting-donations-typhoon-yolanda-victims-313033
- Relief operation centers and organizarions accepting donations as of November 10, 2013: http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/disasters/43300-reliefph-victims-typhoon-yolanda-help
- Red Cross donations (more information at http://www.redcross.org.ph/donatenow): SMS Text RED<space>AMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4143 (Smart) / G-Cash Text DONATE<space>AMOUNT<space>4-digit M-PIN<space>REDCROSS to 2882. You can donate the following denominations: Globe: 5, 25, 100, 300, 500 or 1000 | Smart: 10, 25, 50, 100, 300, 500 or 1000
- Repost from Instagram, International help
And as a lot of people say, this too shall pass. We always rise up from every calamity that we go through but aside from that, may it not be just another experience that we will relive when something similar happens again. May it be a learning that we should always be ready in times like this. #PrayForThePhilippines
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