Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan: Don't lose HOPE!
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Survivor of Typhoon Haiyan: Till Death Do Us Apart!
This senior citizen couple, Felimon and Agrifina Bantilan, was married 70 years ago. They have 13 children and 9 were alive. They have 35 grandchildren with 10 great grandchildren. They were the survivor of Typhoon Haiyan. They live in Manunca, Sta. Rita, Western Samar, Philippines. When they heard about the typhoon, they were scared to death and worried about their children. They survived the typhoon as well as their children. Now, they are hungry and begging for food and water.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Filipino - American Searching for their Missing Family
The Family in the US was looking for them too:
List of Deadliest Cyclones in the Philippines
Because of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), I got curious about the
strongest typhoons that ever hit the Philippines. Our country is sitting astride the typhoon belt and because
of this; we experience lots of rains and thunderstorms throughout the year.
Here are the list
deadliest cyclones :
Rank
|
Storm
|
Year of Impact
|
Deaths
|
Cost of Destruction
|
1
|
Haiyan/Yolanda
|
2013
|
5,632 and
still counting
|
$699 million
|
2
|
Thelma/Uring
|
1991
|
5,101-8,000
|
Not
considered as most destructive
|
3
|
Bopha/Pablo
|
2012
|
1901
|
$1.04 billion
|
4
|
Angela
|
1867
|
1800
|
Not
considered as most destructive
|
5
|
Winnie
|
2004
|
1593
|
Not
considered as most destructive
|
6
|
October 1897 Typhoon
|
1897
|
1500
|
Not considered
as most destructive
|
7
|
Ike/Nitang
|
1984
|
1492
|
Not
considered as most destructive
|
8
|
Fengshen/Frank
|
2008
|
1410
|
$301 million
|
9
|
Durian/Reming
|
2006
|
1399
|
Not
considered as most destructive
|
10
|
Washi/Sendong
|
2011
|
1268
|
Not
considered as most destructive
|
Based from this information, our country has been
continuously hit by deadliest cyclones for a decade now (2004, 2006, 2008,
2011, 2012 and 2013); 6 out of 10 years. Unbelievable but true and with what is
happening right now particularly global warming; Philippines is likely to
experience untimely and stronger typhoons that will cause damages not only to our properties and also to our lives.
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