Typhoon Haiyan has already caused an estimated 1,200 deaths in the Philippines. That number may grow to over 10,000 once the final totals are tabulated. Most of the deaths from are reported from drowning and collapsed buildings. Just a horrible situation all around. The hardest hit was central Philippines city of Tacloban.
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Authorities expect a “very high number of fatalities” after one of the strongest typhoons on record devastated central Philippines, cutting communications and severely damaging an airport in one of the hardest-hit regions.
A senior regional police official and a city administrator in the typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city in the central Philippines say the death toll there could reach 10,000 people, according to the Associated Press.
Regional police chief Elmer Soria said he was briefed by Leyte provincial Gov. Dominic Petilla on Saturday and told there were about 10,000 deaths on the island, mostly by drowning and from collapsed buildings.
Tacloban city administrator Tecson Lim said that the death toll in the city alone “could go up to 10,000.”