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Four days ago, areas of the Philippines were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded. The storm slammed into Tacloban, a city of 220,000 in the central Philippines. Evacuation has finally begun, but many residents remain in the region without food, clean water or shelter—all were destroyed by the typhoon.
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The typhoon first made landfall in the city of Guiuan. Authorities estimate that over 23,000 homes were destroyed throughout the storm's path. [image via AP]
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Around 10,000 people are believed dead in the aftermath of the typhoon, which leveled whole towns. [image via Getty]
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Police carry body bags out of the ruins left behind in Haiyan's wake. [image via Getty]
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Some bodies were laid in St. Michael The Archangel Chapel in the city of Tacloban, in the central Philippines. The city has no functioning morgue, so people put bodies where they can. [image via AP]
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Survivors walk through what now remains of Tacloban. [image via AP]
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Debris coats the city's streets as the rain continues four days after the typhoon. [image via AP]
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Children pack a motorcycle sidecar to travel through streets that were trashed during the storm. [image via Getty]
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Survivors walk over a bridge destroyed by the typhoon. [image via Getty]
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Two Tacloban residents carry emergency relief items through the bay. [image via AP]
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Large waves caused by Haiyan washed two large boats onto Tacloban's wrecked shore. [image via AP]
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City residents stand in line for supplies and emergency treatment on Monday, three days after the storm. [image via AP]
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A couple protects their baby from the continuing rain on Tuesday. [image via AP]
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A woman carries a baby to the evacuation waiting area, where thousands are hoping to get on the plane out of Tacloban. [image via Getty]
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People waiting in line for evacuation hang signs around their necks to signify their status as typhoon survivors. [image via AP]
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Although the typhoon is called Haiyan elsewhere, its name in the Philippines is Yolanda. [image via AP]
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Rescue workers try to restrain survivors as they all rush for the first evacuation flights from Tacloban, four days after the typhoon. [image via AP]
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Military personnel must physically hold survivors back from rushing the evacuation plane. Those who didn't make it on will remain in their destroyed town until the next flight. [image via AP]
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Military personnel carry an elderly woman and an injured man to the plane. [image via Getty]
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The military provides snacks to survivors waiting in line for evacuation flights. [image via AP]
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Survivors rush to a military evacuation plane in Tacloban on Tuesday. Only a few hundred made it this round. [image via AP]
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A member of the Philippine military lifts a young girl over a fence to get her on the flight out of Tacloban. [image via AP]
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Those who made it onto the flight finally have a moment of calm to process what they've been through. [image via Getty]
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Meanwhile we are over here bitching about NFL hazing incidents. Puts things in perspective Today 2:43pm
Are you one of those people who finds starving children in Africa a good motivation to eat everything off your plate?
The two problems differ in magnitude, but one does not discount the other. Today 2:48pm
I'm one of those people who thinks this country is a bunch of spoiled fucking brats. Bitching and complaining about everything is sight. The news media pumps up these stories like we are supposed to care that some meathead called another meathead a bad word. Meanwhile 10,000 people are left dead rotting in the streets across the ocean...Today 3:03pm
Idk what I can do except offer my prayers for these people. These pictures break my heart. I am glad to here we, the US is offering aid but our country can do more. Its time for more americans to step up and voice that war efforts and policing efforts would be better spent on aiding the Philippines and other areas in the world that are in real need of aid. FUCK THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX!Today 2:50pm
Ironically, we are more likely to help them (and our military is helping them) exactly because the Philippines provide a hedge against China as part our military strategy that you deplore. Today 2:53pm
You can offer money to aid organizations. That will do much more.
Also, military forces are important in natural disaster ops like this one. Today 2:56pm
Why isn't there more international aid? Why such a slow response? This is very George W. Bush-ian if you ask me. The USA has a military presence EVERYWHERE and we could be helping out. Everyone should help out. Today 2:52pm
You mean like this?:
The Philippines and U.S. militaries have been using planes and helicopters to drop emergency food and water supplies into the hard-to-reach areas but the scale of the devastation is overwhelming. Today 2:57pm
Since you apparently don't pay much attention to the news:
US military joins Philippines typhoon rescue race
U.S. Military to Aid Typhoon-devastated Philippines
A US military plane carrying relief supplies and a contingent of Marines has left the Philippine capital en route to the country's typhoon-devastated eastern seaboard.
Why the Yolanda-Haiyan conflict in naming this storm? Today 2:56pm
I'm just guessing here but Haiyan sounds either Japanese or Chinese, and since they're the biggest players in the region that's what the world will go with. Today 3:09pm
There's a standard arrangement among the Pacific nations as to a list of names used by the JTWC (Joint Typhoon Warning Center, US government) and the JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency, Japanese government), the two major typhoon forecasting agencies, for typhoons. It was agreed upon in 1999, when the JTWC handed over official typhoon forecasting authority to the JMA (though the JTWC still issues forecasts that mostly align with the JMA's). Before then, the JTWC maintained a list of names that resembled those used in the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific (i.e., it was highly Anglo-centric). The current list includes names submitted by the NW Pacific countries (Cambodia, China, DPRK, Hong Kong, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Micronesia, the Philippines, ROK, Thailand, USA (Guam/Marianas—the names are all Chamorro) and Vietnam) that alternate between a variety of languages spoken in the NW Pacific. "Haiyan" was a Chinese-language name from that list. But PAGASA, the Philippine government's weather forecast agency, assigns its own separate names to typhoons that enter the area around the Philippines, despite also agreeing to acknowledge JMA forecasting. To be quite honest, I have no idea why the Philippines feels the need to be contrary on their naming scheme, especially since they also contribute names to the general list, but I guess they feel typhoons far away are not so relevant to them, and they'd rather use only names in Tagalog.
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Many of the Filipinos I have known over the years have had a strong devotion to the Roman Catholic Mother Mary.
She's watching over you and encouraging those of us in other faiths to do what we can to meet your immediate needs for water, food, shelter and medicine. Today 2:40pm
I know religion is not very popular in this site for obvious reasons, I came from a poor country that also has strong Catholic beliefs and although I am not a devoted Catholic myself a lot of people hold on to that faith for survival. Whatever keeps them going it's what I say Today 2:52pm
I think they would have instead preferred it if she didn't let the storm hit in the first place but...well...here we are.
That being said, any donations that anyone can make would definitely help their situation, baring an ability to actually be on site to physically help. Today 3:14pm
That being said, any donations that anyone can make would definitely help their situation, baring an ability to actually be on site to physically help. Today 3:14pm
I see these pictures and know there is no god. These poor people. I don't have a lot of money but I donated to Doctors Without Borders specifically to help the people in the Philippines. The world needs to step up FAST with everything to help the survivors.Today 2:55pm
thanks for putting that up. they are an excellent charity that doesn't waste donations on frivolous nonsense.42 minutes ago
This is why I want to punch people who bitch out check out employees for not scanning their groceries fast enough.Today 2:50pm
I strongly support that desire. I also support not actually doing it, and using the energy to do something positive. But I totally get the desire. 50 minutes ago
I can't imagine fighting with hundreds of others to get on a plane out of there. Or allowing my children to get on and staying behind, not knowing where they are or how they're doing.
This is horrible. Today 2:49pm
I posted this earlier, but see no harm in doing so again:
From what I've gathered (if you are interested in donating) Community and Family Services International, based in the Philippines is the fastest way to get your money to those who need it and is among the organizations currently making the most impact in the Philippines right now. It is also a highly reputable organization. You can visit their website by clicking here, should you be so inclined. Today 2:59pm
Why do people live on these islands? They know they are smack in the middle of these types of weather storms. It is heartbreaking, but their are just too many people and not enough land and their homes are built so shabbily that this is what happens. I hope they rebuild with better materials and I hope the world helps them. Today 2:59pm
And move where? Essentially all of The Philippines is vulnerable. As sea levels rise, this is going to be a huge issue. What exactly are we going to do with the millions of people who live in Bangladesh? 54 minutes ago
Can't imagine having your entire community just fucking wrecked so irreversibly. Today 3:11pm
A city of 200,000 people and practically everything is destroyed. I can't even imagine. Even the airport terminal was damaged beyond repair. How can you even build for something like this? 21 minutes ago
I've never posted on Gawker, but wanted to share a great place to donate...Team Rubicon, a group comprised of military vets. They came to Rockaway days after Sandy and were the only organized group we had. They are currently on the ground in the Phillipines and are sending a 2nd deployment today. I saw the work of these men & women first hand and they will make a difference over there...although this seems so insurmountable right now.http://fundraise.teamrubiconusa.org/fundraise?fcid... 52 minutes ago
Start making houses out of palm treesToday 3:11pm
Might be useful short term, but only the concrete and metal buildings survived this storm, and "survived" is a relative term.59 minutes ago
is this four year old driving these people?Today 3:09pm
It looks like there's someone in between the driver and the handlebars, a kid. Today 3:21pm
That last photo deserves an award. It ranks with Dorothea Lange's photos of Dust Bowl survivors. 51 minutes ago
A wonderful compilation of photography, fully realizing the human condition. Very powerful. Thanks for sharing.
And another on the way as well...[sigh]
And Another... should miss them though, fortunately. Today 2:39pm
This is just awful. The first picture looked like a bomb went off and just laid waste to the entire area. I can't imagine how difficult it's been for them. Today 2:45pm
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