This is what is reported so far and its a disaster, a terrible disaster. Home / News 2013-11-09 Aftonbladet Thousands feared dead after Typhoon Thousands of people are feared dead after Typhoon Haiyan have hit the Philippines. - All systems , all traces of modern life - communication , electricity, water - is down, says Max Roxas from the countrys interior ministry told the news agency AP . Now moving typhoon in the direction of Vietnams coast , where more than 200,000 people sought shelter . Facts As classified tropical cyclones Tropical low pressure : Wind speeds below 18 m / s Tropical Storm : Wind speeds between 18-32 m / s Tropical Hurricane : Wind speeds over 32 m / s Source: SMHI The death toll after supertyfonen in Philippines rises. Still , there are problems with the electricity and telecommunications in the country - but as to help organizations reach areas begins the effect of the disaster become clear . According to rescuers , there is reliable information that a hundred people have died alone in Tacloban on the island of Leyte . Max Roxas from the Philippines Department of the Interior visited on Saturday coastal cities in the very difficult area affected. - Imagine a kilometer wide strip from the coast and into the country , where shanties and everything , yes everything is completely destroyed , he said according to TT. Thousands believed dead The Red Cross is the total death toll is now up to at least 1 200 people . These are at least 1000 in Tacloban , and at least 200 in the province of Samar. According to news agency TT fear aid agencies and authorities that thousands of people died. - It looks like a tsunami has swept through here , says Paula Hancock , a reporter for CNN to TV channel. Since communications are cut off to the worst affected areas , it may take days before the list of fatalities is complete , reports the BBC. A miracle that we managed to keep ourselves Norwegian Erlend Johannesen runs an orphanage in Tacloban . On Saturday, he reported dramatic witness photos of the disaster. We need help , dead people everywhere , unsafe streets where people fight with each other to bring canned food and water. , We have lost everything but we live , he wrote on Facebook according to VG . Johannesen managed to borrow a computer from the local authorities to depict how Haiyan raided the orphanage Street Light. We have saved 68 lives on the roof of Streetlight , an infant, a man with no feet, while the tsunami came rushing right beneath us. A miracle that we managed to keep us . All the children at the orphanage are safe but we have lost everything, the house, the childrens home , everything is destroyed , he writes , and estimates that 10,000 may have been killed in the disaster. MSB stands ready An estimated 2,000 Swedes are in the Philippines, of them 1000 in the areas affected by the typhoon, according to the Foreign Ministrys press service. At present there are no reports of casualties Swedes. - Typhoon has moved on . And there is great devastation , both electricity and telecommunications are poor in the affected areas. Full reports are not . But the clock is nearly half past six in the afternoon there. Had anything happened , we would know it, says Mary Parent, the Foreign Ministrys press service told Aftonbladet at 11.30 oclock. But Swedish Foreign Ministry urges Swedes who are in the Philippines to contact their relatives. Aerial photos from the typhoon affected areas show great destruction. - Storm winds came in at high speed and there are significant structural damage and trees were blown down, said Mike Wylie , commander of the U.S. Navy based in the Philippines to the AP . Canadian Foreign Minister John Kerry has offered emergency aid to the Philippines. Christian di Schiena , Deputy Head of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB ), says MSB expects to receive requests to assist the relief effort , writes TT. - We are in discussions on Saturday and it will come in requests for material aid to assist staff in place , he said. - My feeling is that this will be quite large. Downgraded to 4 Haiyan typhoon swept through the Philippines with 89 meters per second and it is the most powerful storm ever recorded . Haiyan now is heading towards Vietnam during the two days were in category 5 , the highest on the scale typhoon . Now it has been downgraded to 4. The storm is expected to reach Vietnam around midnight Swedish time is right now in the South China Sea . Bui Minh Tang , director of a Vietnamese weather agency , told local media that Haiyan expected to become the most powerful storm which pulled in over Vietnam at least ten years. He warns especially fishermen , and explains that Haiyan whips up waves as high as 10 to 15 meters At 06 oclock, Swedish time , entered the Philippine weather Authority to Pagasa wind speed at nearly 49 miles an hour and gusts of 58 meters per second , reports news agency TT. Which means almost double hurricane strength . And tempest stamina amazes experts. I have never witnessed a Category 5 storm that passed over land and maintained strength category 5 after so many hours over the country , writes expert and former hurricane hunter Jeff Masters in his blog on wunderground . Hit the Swedes are in place to contact the Philippine crisis Authority NDRRMC . Tel : 02-912-2665 , 02-911-1873 or 02-911-1406 . Olof Svensson Ida Gustafss
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 19:18:09 +0000
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