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The calm after the storm: Battered Filipinos begin the recovery process as 200mph typhoon that left at least four dead sweeps towards Vietnam and Laos
Typhoon Haiyan was a maximum category-five storm with ground winds of up to 195mphTerrifying wind speeds were greater than those of Hurricane Camille which hit Mississippi in 1969
 Assessment: A resident of Manila looks at the damage to his home. Poorer families with less stable houses were the worst affected, according to repor

 

Carrying on: Despite the devastation Filipinos have emerged from their shelters today to begin the recovery effort. Some used motorcycles to ford the flood waters

I may have flooded the engine: Three-wheeler makes its way through the submerged streets of Taguig city

Devastation: Debris which was washed in by the storm litters the road by the coastal village in Legazpi city. Residents now face a long clean up operation. The Filipino government said the storm has claimed four victims but the true cost to human life could rise yet as clean-up operations begin in the aftermath of the storm, which is now moving inland towards Laos. Government sources have confirmed at least two people were lectrocuted in storm-related accidents, one person was killed by a fallen tree and another was struck by lightning,Typhoon Haiyan has left a trail of destruction in its wake across the islands, setting off landslides and triggering lackouts in provinces. Experts believe it will travel towards the Asian continent crossing Vietnam and Laos before fizzling out in heavey storms.

Braving the storm: A resident of Legazpi City, Albay province, inspects the damage caused by the typhoon which has killed four people so far

Downpour: As well as strong winds, the typhoon brought with it torrential rain which caused landslides in rural parts of the country

Raw power: A Filipino man walks past a tree which was uprooted by the strong winds of super Typhoon Haiyan. One man has been killed by a falling tree trunk so far. Speaking in the aftermath of the storm Paul Knightley, forecast manager at MeteoGroup, described Haiyan as 'one of the strongest typhoons ever seen before on the planet in the modern age'.'It is an incredibly powerful storm, which has now moved through the Philippines. No doubt we will see all sorts of damage has been caused.'

Carnage: A resident runs past an uprooted tree amidst strong winds as the super-typhoon battered Cebu City, in the central Philippines this morning

Enforcement: Soldiers were patrolling the affected areas to make sure members of the public obey evacuation orders

Higher ground: Residents of Legaspi, Albay province, south of Manila resident, were forced to flee the coast as Haiyan continued to pound the sea wall today.This morning, Philippine Red Cross chief Gwendolyn Pang said they struggled to deliver aid in the adverse conditions. She said: 'We've had reports of uprooted trees, very strong winds and houses made of light materials being damaged. 'We have put rescue teams and equipment at different places, but at the moment we can't really do much because of the heavy rain and strong winds. There is no power'

'We thought is was a Tsunami' - panic as storm lashes Philippines

 

Hanging in there: A fisherman in Manila is forced to cling on to his equipment, left,  while there was little hope for other less stable buildings in the storm's path, right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terrifying: Residents run for their lives as the terrible gusts of the typhoon buffet the popular tourist city of Cebu. Trees and roofs were torn off by the storm

Eye of the storm: This NASA MODIS Aqua satellite image shows what is the strongest storm ever closing in on the Philippines

Blocked: Residents clear the road in the island province of Cebu after a tree was toppled by strong winds during typhoon Haiyan

 

 

 

 

More than 41,000 people have been evacuated in his province, one of the country's poorest, said Tan.

The Philippines suffered the world's strongest storm of 2012, when Typhoon Bopha left about 2,000 people dead or missing on the southern island of Mindanao.

But now Haiyan's wind strength has made it the most intense to have ever made landfall, according to Jeff Masters, the director of meteorology at US-based Weather Underground.

Aid effort: Volunteers pack relief goods inside a Department of Social Welfare and Development warehouse before shipping out to devastated provinces

Relief: Volunteers in Manila have been working to wrap up essential supplies for the thousands who have been forced to flee their homes and retreat to safer ground

Shelter: Filipino residents sleep on the floor of a gymnasium turned into an evacuation center in Sorsogon City in the Bicol region

The Philippine government and some scientists have said climate change may be increasing the ferocity and frequency of storms.

But Masters said warm Pacific waters were an important reason for the strength of Haiyan, adding it was premature to blame climate change based on the scanty historical data available.

The US expert said he expected the damage in Guiuan, a fishing town of about 40,000 people that was the first to be hit on Friday, to be 'catastrophic'.

Communication lines with Guiuan remained cut off in the afternoon, and the civil defence office said it was unable to give an assessment of the damage there.

Forecast: Map showing the projected path of Typhoon Haiyan which is expected to strike Vietnam and Cambodia

Typhoon hits: Typhoon Haiyan can be seen in this satellite image over the Philippines as experts warn it could be the strongest typhoon to ever make landfall

In Tacloban, a nearby city of more than 200,000 people, corrugated iron sheets were ripped off roofs and floated with the wind before crashing into buildings, according to video footage taken by a resident.

Flash floods also turned Tacloban's streets into rivers, while a pictures from an ABS-CBN television reporter showed six bamboo houses washed away along a beach more than 200 kilometres to the south.

 

Evacuations: Residents living near the slopes of Mayon volcano are evacuated to public schools by police in anticipation of the powerful typhoon Haiyan

Looking for cover: Filipino residents climb into a makeshift shelter at a coastal village in Las Pinas city, south of Manila

More than 125,000 people in the most vulnerable areas had been moved to evacuation centres before Haiyan hit, according to the national disaster management council, and millions of others huddled in their homes.

Authorities said schools in the storm's path were closed, ferry services suspended and flights cancelled.

In the capital Manila, which was on the northern edge of the typhoon's path, many schools were closed amid forecasts of heavy rain.

TYPHOON HAIYAN: Slams into the Philippines

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정말 너무 안됬네~~ 어쩜 저렇게 까지 ~~ 애고~
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자연의 힘이 정말 무섭네~

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아이고 딱해라~
이런 무서운 자연의 힘앞에서 할일이 뭐가 있겠나?

현재는 2000 명도 더 넘게 죽었다네~~~

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그래도 빨리 복구하고 살아나야지~~~

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언제 또 저런 일이 생긴거야.. 세상에나.. 너무 안됐다…

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만 명 죽었을거라고, 추측이네~~~

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아직도 인가 몰라..