The Super Typhoon that swept through the Philippines may be one of the most powerful storm in recorded history with 1-minute sustained winds of 195mph and gusts of 230mph. 10,000 or more people are feared to have been killed, with over half a million people evacuated. The recovery effort is one of the most difficult ones yet, if not the most difficult.

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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.

In some areas, the dead are being buried in mass graves.

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

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Damn, I had heard about the storm but I didn't realize it was that bad. It must of been horrible watching it sweep through destroying and killing everything in it's wake and knowing there's nothing you can do but cling on for dear life.

 

RIP to all those who died, and let's hope the death toll is less than estimated. Sadly, that's very unlikely. 

The Super Typhoon that swept through the Philippines may be one of the most powerful storm in recorded history with 1-minute sustained winds of 195mph and gusts of 230mph. 10,000 or more people are feared to have been killed, with over half a million people evacuated. The recovery effort is one of the most difficult ones yet, if not the most difficult.

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Damn, I had heard about the storm but I didn't realize it was that bad. It must of been horrible watching it sweep through destroying and killing everything in it's wake and knowing there's nothing you can do but cling on for dear life.

 

RIP to all those who died, and let's hope the death toll is less than estimated. Sadly, that's very unlikely. 

I am half Filipino. Lucky my family is not in the disaster area.

In Tacloban,  about half the police did not show up for duty. One story was about a cop. The only thing he only could save was his gun, he also said he needed clothes. He had lost some of his clothes.