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Super Typhoon HaiyanAid crews are struggling to reach devastated areas of the Philippines, reports the New York Times.

Many roads which were in poor condition to begin with are even more difficult to travel now with debris and fallen tree blocking the roadways.

A Red Cross convoy carrying emergency food supplies had to turn back at a collapsed bridge and was mobbed by a crowd of hungry people.

“There is very little food going in, and what food there was, was captured” by the crowd, said Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross.

Early reports had indicated the Philippines escaped severe damage when Haiyan came and went. But they didn’t factor in a storm surge that by some reports reached as high as 13 feet much the way a tsunamis might after an earthquake.

“This is, of course, on top of the wind, on top of the waves, on top of the normal tidal cycle,” Rick Murray, an oceanographer from BostonUniversity said. “You have swollen rivers from the intense rain, falling at inches per hour. The bottom line is that there is a heck of a lot of water arriving from all directions.”

News report from Tacloban say police and government officials could not be reached after the storm making getting an accurate death count difficult.

You can read more about the difficulties of overcoming the conditions in the Philippines in the New York Times.

If you have a story to tell about finding loved ones in the Philippines or raising money for devastated victims, let AsAmNews know about it by emailing [email protected] or leaving a comment below.


 

 

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