Sunday 10 November 2013

Graphic Photos : Biggest Storm Ever In History hits Philippines leaving More than 100 dead and MILLIONS affected

Victim  resident recover a body of a victim
One of the most powerful storms on record, Typhoon Haiyan, has killed more than 100 people and left many more injured, it has been reported today.About four million people are believed to have been affected by the category five storm, according to the country's national disaster agency. This figure includes 800,000 people who had to be evacuated before the storm struck.



Winds of up to 235mph and gusts of 170mph left a trail of destruction - triggering major landslides, knocking out power and communications and causing catastrophic widespread damage. Hundreds of homes have been flattened and scores of streets flooded.  More Photos after the cut

Debris: Helicopters hover over the damaged area of Tacloban city, which was battered with strong winds yesterdayPile up: Vehicles and rubbish are pictured strewn across a flooded street in Tacloban, LeyteDestroyed: Typhoon Haiyan also badly damaged an airport in battered Tacloban city - which could affect deliveries of essential aid suppliesWashed up: Filipino soldiers disembark from a plane stopped at the devastated airport in Tacloban city, Leyte Flooding: Locals in Coron, Palawan walk among damaged buildings after the typhoon - the most powerful in three decades Shelter: Filipino residents sleep on the floor of a gymnasium turned into an evacuation center in Sorsogon City in the Bicol regionUpside down: A devastated airport in Tacloban city, Leyte province - where roofs were ripped on hundreds of houses Coron, Palawan Coron, Palawan Higher ground: Residents of Legaspi, Albay province, south of Manila resident, were forced to flee the coast as Haiyan continued to pound the sea wall todayScale: This image shows Typhoon Haiyan taken by Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg aboard the Internatioal Space Station

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