‘Massive destruction’ as typhoon kills at least 1,200 in Philippines, says Red Cross

Through Manuel Mogato TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – One of the most strongest typhoons ever to make landfall devastated the significant Philippines, killing greater than 1,000 folks in a single city alone and 200 in some other province, the Pink Cross estimated on Saturday, as experiences of high casualties began to emerge. A day after Hurricane Haiyan churned during the Philippine archipelago in a straight line from east to west, rescue teams struggled to achieve some distance-flung regions, hampered by using washed out roads, many filled with debris and fallen trees. Among the hardest hit was once coastal Tacloban in important Leyte province, where preliminary estimates suggest more than 1,000 folks were killed, said Gwendolyn Pang, secretary general of the Philippine Crimson Pass, as water surges rushed in the course of the city. “An estimated greater than 1,000 bodies had been viewed floating in Tacloban as said via our Purple Cross teams,” she instructed Reuters.