2013 Typhoon Haiyan

2013 Typhoon Haiyan

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Overview

Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, is a destructive tropical storm that landed on the coast of central Philippines on November 7th, 2013, and northern Vietnam on November 10th. The Red Cross estimated that more than 1,200 people were killed as a result of the highly destructive tropical cyclone, although the death toll is expected to rise significantly in the coming days. By maximum speed, Typhoon Haiyan is believed to be strongest storm on record of all time.

Notable Developments

Casualties

By November 10th, the tropical storm had weakened significantly and made its landfall in northern Vietnam, and initial estimates of casualties began to emerge from various aid groups in the Philippines, with some figures expecting more than 10,000 dead in the hard-hit city of Tacloban alone. However, due to limited access to the affected zone, only 151 deaths have been officially confirmed as of November 10th.

Online Reaction

Meanwhile, many Filipinos who were affected by the disaster took their concerns requests to Twitter and Facebook, where people began sharing photographs of their missing relatives and requests for help using a series of purpose-specific hashtags[14] (shown below) and several emergency relief fund pages[10][11][13] were created.

Relief Efforts

To help expedite the process, several Fillippino news sites launched the Twitter account @Typhoon Haiyan, where the latest information on the progress of recovery and rescue missions can be found.


VITAL HASHTAGS #ReliefPH Resource Coordination #RescuePH' Urgent Rescue Needed Resolves #RescuePH Damage Reporting Report Missing People Media storm coverage #SafeNow #FloodPH #TracingPH #YolandaPH "DO NOT USE #RescuePH UNLESS YOU ARE A LOCAL CITIZEN IN URGENT NEED OF ASSISTANCE TWITTER.COM/TYPHOONHAIYAN

On November 11th, Google launched a database of missing people and requests for information, processing more than 17,000 records by midday and 43,100 records as of 7:30 p.m. (ET).


Google person finder English a google.org project Person Finder: Tvpho olanda I have information about someone I'm looking for someone Currently tracking about 43100 records. Mobile version is available. You can also search with SMS by texting 2662999 (Globe), 4664999 (SMART), 22020999 (Sun), or +16508003977 with the message Search [name]. For example, to search for Joshua, text Search Joshua Share: Sf PLEASE NOTE: On active Person Finder sites, all data entered is available to the public and usable by anyone. Google does not review or verify the accuracy of this data About Google Person Finder Developers Terms of Service Google

Misreports

In addition, an inspiring quote supposedly issued by CNN began making rounds on Twitter and Instagram, though it was quickly proven by to be a hoax statement falsely attributed to the news organization.


"Time to get to know the Filipino people . unbelievably resilient, long suffering, good natured, uber friendly, loyal, ingenius, and a bunch of survivors. At the end of the day, the Filipinos will just shake off the dirt fromm their clothes and go about their business. and SMILE. They do not complain much, they will bear as long as they can Maybe this is why they were given the "privilege" of bearing the burden of the strongest typhoon ever recorded. CNN The indomitable human spirit at its finest."

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Gabenus Trollucus
Gabenus Trollucus

Attention users of Know Your Meme. Let us pray for the Philippines (and those that died) for going through the hellish disaster of Typhoon Haiyan that destroyed their homes and killed over 10,000 people.

And if any heartless twisted scumbags like the Westboro Baptist Church open their vile negative mouths about this, may Hurricane Anonymous wreck them.

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