பிலிப்பைன்ஸ் நாட்டில் நேற்று தாக்கிய ஹையான் சூறாவளியினால் 100க்கும் மேற்பட்டோர் பலியாகியுள்ளதுடன் பாரிய சேதமும் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

 

பிலிப்பைன்ஸ் நாட்டின் மத்திய பகுதியிலுள்ள சமர் தீவு அருகே ஹையான் சூறாவளி உருவாகி மத்தி பகுதியைக் கடந்து சென்றது. மணிக்கு 235 முதல் 275 கிலோ மீற்றர் வேகத்தில் நேற்று கரையைக் கடக்கும் என வானிலை மையம் எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்திருந்தது.

 

 

இந்நிலையில் பிலிப்பைன்ஸின் மத்திய பகுதியில் தீவிரமாக முன்னெச்சரிக்கை நடவடிக்கைகள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டன. பல இலட்சம் மக்கள் பாதுகாப்பான இடங்களில் மீள்குடியமர்த்தப்பட்டனர்.

 

ஆனால் எதிர்பார்க்கப்பட்டதனை விட வேகமாக மணிக்கு 315 கி.மீற்றர் வேகத்தில் ஹையான் சூறாவளி நேற்று காலை தாக்கியுள்ளது. இவ்வாண்டின் சக்திவாய்ந்த ஹையான் சூறாவளியானது இதுவரையில் கணக்கிடப்பட்ட சூறாவளிகளில் சக்திவாய்ந்தது எனவும் கூறப்படுகிறது.

 

இச்சூறாவளியில் 100க்கும் மேற்பட்டோர் பலியாகியுள்ளதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது. அத்துடன் பாரிய பொருள் சேதங்களும் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது. இது தொடர்பான உத்தியோகபூர்வ விபரங்கள் எதுவும் வெளியிடப்படவில்லை.

 

 

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Typhoon Haiyan: Thousands feared dead in Philippines

 

Police in the Philippines say they fear 10,000 people may have died in the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan.

The Philippine government has so far only confirmed the death of several hundred people after the storm struck.

But regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was told by the provincial governor of Leyte that there were about 10,000 deaths on the eastern island alone.

Hundreds of thousands of people are reported displaced from their homes.

The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports that the scene in the city of Tacloban on Leyte island is one of utter devastation.

Houses in Leyte's capital have been flattened by the massive storm surge that accompanied Typhoon Haiyan.

There's no clean water, no electricity and very little food.

City officials said they were struggling to distribute aid and that looting was widespread.

Our correspondent says hundreds of people are at the airport, itself badly damaged, trying to get on a flight out of Tacloban.

Humanitarian relief

 

 

Philippine Interior Secretary Mar Roxas says the scale of the relief operation that is now required is overwhelming, with some places described as a wasteland of mud and debris.

Tecson Lim, city administrator of Tacloban in north east of Leyte, told the Associated Press that the death toll in the city alone "could go up to 10,000".

Meanwhile police chief Elmer Soria told Reuters about 70% to 80% of the area in the path of the storm in Leyte province was destroyed.

He reportedly said most of the deaths were from drowning or collapsed buildings.

 

Typhoon Haiyan - one of the most powerful storms on record to make landfall - swept through six central Philippine islands on Friday, wiping away homes.

It brought sustained winds of 235km/h (147mph), with gusts of 275 km/h (170 mph), with waves as high as 15m (45ft), bringing up to 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in places.

The Pentagon has announced it is providing the Philippines with naval and aviation resources to help with humanitarian relief efforts.

 

In a statement, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the US was delivering helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and search and rescue equipment after a request from the Philippines government.

 

Tacloban airport in Leyte bears clear signs of the devastation

 

Capt John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority in the Philippines, told the BBC he had flown over the worst affected areas and seen "utter destruction".

"I have never seen such damage in my life," he said.

 

"It would probably be similar to having a tornado run over a big open space. At the airport, there's actually no structure left standing except the walls."

The typhoon is now bearing down on Vietnam, where tens of thousands are being evacuated.

 

The BBC Weather Centre says the typhoon is expected to make landfall south of Hanoi on Monday afternoon local time (between 03:00 and 09:00 GMT), although it will have decreased markedly in strength.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24887337

Typhoon Haiyan: Thousands feared dead in Philippines

 

Police in the Philippines say they fear 10,000 people may have died in the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan.

The Philippine government has so far only confirmed the death of several hundred people after the storm struck.

But regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was told by the provincial governor of Leyte that there were about 10,000 deaths on the eastern island alone.

Hundreds of thousands of people are reported displaced from their homes.

The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports that the scene in the city of Tacloban on Leyte island is one of utter devastation.

Houses in Leyte's capital have been flattened by the massive storm surge that accompanied Typhoon Haiyan.

There's no clean water, no electricity and very little food.

City officials said they were struggling to distribute aid and that looting was widespread.

Our correspondent says hundreds of people are at the airport, itself badly damaged, trying to get on a flight out of Tacloban.

Humanitarian relief

 

 

Philippine Interior Secretary Mar Roxas says the scale of the relief operation that is now required is overwhelming, with some places described as a wasteland of mud and debris.

Tecson Lim, city administrator of Tacloban in north east of Leyte, told the Associated Press that the death toll in the city alone "could go up to 10,000".

Meanwhile police chief Elmer Soria told Reuters about 70% to 80% of the area in the path of the storm in Leyte province was destroyed.

He reportedly said most of the deaths were from drowning or collapsed buildings.

 

Typhoon Haiyan - one of the most powerful storms on record to make landfall - swept through six central Philippine islands on Friday, wiping away homes.

It brought sustained winds of 235km/h (147mph), with gusts of 275 km/h (170 mph), with waves as high as 15m (45ft), bringing up to 400mm (15.75 inches) of rain in places.

The Pentagon has announced it is providing the Philippines with naval and aviation resources to help with humanitarian relief efforts.

 

In a statement, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the US was delivering helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and search and rescue equipment after a request from the Philippines government.

 

Tacloban airport in Leyte bears clear signs of the devastation

 

Capt John Andrews, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority in the Philippines, told the BBC he had flown over the worst affected areas and seen "utter destruction".

"I have never seen such damage in my life," he said.

 

"It would probably be similar to having a tornado run over a big open space. At the airport, there's actually no structure left standing except the walls."

The typhoon is now bearing down on Vietnam, where tens of thousands are being evacuated.

 

The BBC Weather Centre says the typhoon is expected to make landfall south of Hanoi on Monday afternoon local time (between 03:00 and 09:00 GMT), although it will have decreased markedly in strength.

 

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