Thousands flee before big typhoon hits Philippines

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Philippines death toll tops 3,900, almost 2M homeless
Number of people displaced by catastrophe now estimated at 4 million, up from 900,000 last week

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/philippines-death-toll-tops-3-900-almost-2m-homeless-1.2430284

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

'Unlikely we'll ever know': A grim, chaotic count after Philippines typhoon'

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...-chaotic-count-after-philippines-typhoon?lite

 

[Reader]

Report: Typhoon Haiyan death toll jumps to 5,209 in Philippines

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/22/world/asia/philippines-typhoon-haiyan-deaths/

The number of injured was at 23,404 Friday, with 1,582 still missing, PNA reported.

 

[Reader]

1 month on progress in Philippine typhoon zone

http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/wo...h-on-progress-in-Philippine-typhoon-zone.html

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) -- The government is back at work, and markets are laden with fruits, pork, fish and bread. Shredded trees are sprouting new leaves. Above all, the sounds of a city getting back on its feet fill the air: the roar of trucks hauling debris, the scrape of shovel along pavement, the ping of hammer on nails.

One month since Typhoon Haiyan, signs of progress in this shattered Philippine city are mixed with reminders of the scale of the disaster and the challenges ahead: Bodies are still being uncovered from beneath the debris. Tens of thousands are living amid the ruins of their former lives, underneath shelters made from scavenged materials and handouts.

City administrator Tecson Lim says a sense of "normality" has returned and has begun talking of a silver lining: "The opportunity to transform our city into a global city, a city that is climate change resilient and that can perhaps be a model."........more........