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Sunday,
10 November 2013 17:13
Philippines on
Friday November 8. Dom Gerard of Guimaras reports that thank God, there was no
damage to our monasteries in Guimaras or Matutum.
Please pray for the people of the
Philippines affected by this disaster, and especially for the monks and
nuns who may have families in the d
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Guimaras - 83 Monks
Official
NameO.L.
of the Philippines
Trappist
Abbey
5045
Jordan, Guimaras
CountryPhilippines
Matutum - 64 Nuns
Official
NameOur
Lady of Mat
Landan
- Polomolok 9504
South
Cotabato
CountryPhilippines
Reuters/REUTERS -
Residents pray inside a damaged catholic church
after super Typhoon Haiyan
battered Tacloban city, central Philippines November 10, 2013.
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| PHILIPPINES-TYPHOON Tacloban city |
One of
the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, a senior
police official said on Sunday, with huge waves sweeping away entire coastal
villages and devastating the region's main city. Super typhoon Haiyan destroyed
about 70 to 80 percent of the area in its path as it tore through Leyte
province on Friday, said police chief superintendent Elmer Soria. As rescue
workers struggled to reach ravaged villages along the coast, where the death
toll is as yet unknown, survivors foraged for food as supplies dwindled or search
'Miracle baby' born amid Tacloban
typhoon wreckage
Girl born at emergency clinic after mother swam for her life
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| Tacloban typhoon |
Picture: NBC News/AP
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Alexander Smith for NBC News
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Philippines
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November 12, 2013
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A baby girl was born at the airport in the typhoon-devastated city of
Tacloban on Monday, providing a glimmer of hope amid widespread destruction.
Cheers rang out when Emily Ortega, 21, gave birth to healthy baby Bea
Joy Sagales at an emergency clinic in the ruined airport.
Ortega was in an evacuation center when the Typhoon Haiyan hit on
Friday, flooding Tacloban. She had to swim and cling to a post to survive,
according to The Associated Press.
The baby was named after her grandmother Beatrice, who remained missing
Monday.
Ortega's husband was in the safety of the capital Manila, which is
about 360 miles northwest of Tacloban. He did not know what had happened.
Tacloban's airport was all but destroyed as seawaters swept through the
city, shattering the glass of its tower, leveling the terminal and overturning
nearby vehicles.
Airport manager Efren Nagrama, 47, told Reuters that water levels rose
up to 13 feet.
Meanwhile, heartbreaking stories of personal loss began to
emerge. Corpses were spotted hanging on on tree branches, buildings, and
lay on sidewalks, The Associated Press reported.
