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Typhoon Haiyan strikes Philippines

Agencies Published November 9, 2013

A resident (R) walks past high waves pounding the sea wall amidst strong winds as Typhoon Haiyan hit the city of Legaspi, Albay province, south of Manila on November 8, 2013. One of the most intense typhoons on record whipped the Philippines on November 8, killing three people and terrifying millions as monster winds tore roofs off buildings and giant waves washed away flimsy homes - Photo by AFP

Residents of Legazpi city in Albay province, south of Manila, are evacuated on November 7, 2013 ahead of a super typhoon that was strengthening in the Pacific Ocean. Authorities warned Typhoon Haiyan, with wind gusts exceeding 330 kilometres (200 miles) an hour, could cause major damage across a vast area of the central and southern Philippines when it makes landfall on November 8 - Photo by AFP

Relatives of the flood victims look at the dead bodies inside a chapel near the Tacloban Airport, eastern island of Leyte on November 9, 2013. Haiyan tore into the eastern islands of Leyte and Samar on Friday with sustained winds of around 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour, making it the strongest typhoon in the world this year and one of the most intense ever to make landfall - Photo by AFP

A mother and child volunteer repack rice at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Manila on November 9, 2013, for victims of the Super Typhoon Haiyan that smashed into coastal communities on the central Philippine. More than 100 bodies were lying in the streets of a Philippine city smashed by Super Typhoon Haiyan, authorities said, as soldiers raced to reach many other devastated communities - Photo by AFP

A resident (R) walks past high waves pounding the sea wall amidst strong winds as Typhoon Haiyan hit the city of Legaspi, Albay province, south of Manila on November 8, 2013. One of the most intense typhoons on record whipped the Philippines on November 8, killing three people and terrifying millions as monster winds tore roofs off buildings and giant waves washed away flimsy homes - Photo by AFP

Residents of Legazpi city in Albay province, south of Manila, are evacuated on November 7, 2013 ahead of a super typhoon that was strengthening in the Pacific Ocean. Authorities warned Typhoon Haiyan, with wind gusts exceeding 330 kilometres (200 miles) an hour, could cause major damage across a vast area of the central and southern Philippines when it makes landfall on November 8 - Photo by AFP

Relatives of the flood victims look at the dead bodies inside a chapel near the Tacloban Airport, eastern island of Leyte on November 9, 2013. Haiyan tore into the eastern islands of Leyte and Samar on Friday with sustained winds of around 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour, making it the strongest typhoon in the world this year and one of the most intense ever to make landfall - Photo by AFP

A mother and child volunteer repack rice at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Manila on November 9, 2013, for victims of the Super Typhoon Haiyan that smashed into coastal communities on the central Philippine. More than 100 bodies were lying in the streets of a Philippine city smashed by Super Typhoon Haiyan, authorities said, as soldiers raced to reach many other devastated communities - Photo by AFP

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Typhoon Haiyan hit the city of Legaspi, Albay province, south of Manila on November 8, 2013. One of the most intense typhoons on record whipped the Philippines on November 8, killing more than 100 people and injured another 100 in the central Philippines before sweeping west toward Vietnam on Saturday. The monster winds terrified millions as it tore roofs off buildings and giant waves washed away flimsy homes.

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