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Foods for the Victim of Typhoon Haiyan

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.

Filipino - American Searching for their Missing Family

The Family in the US was looking for them too:

http://www.candgnews.com/news/filipino-american-community-rallies-aid-after-typhoon

Seven People Missing in Western Samar, Philippines

Houses are Down at Samar, Philippines

photo by jennifer rancile

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.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoons_in_the_Philippines

Victim of Typhoon Haiyan

Our country was hit by the strongest typhoon on November 8, 2013. We have heard nothing from our families in Samar until November 12, 2013. We have heard from the news that our province was only getting limited assistance and to help them out, our family decided to contribute to provide them their basic needs like food, medicine and clothing. Today, November 18, 2013; we are going home and will hand over these things. I thank my family (Rancile and Bantilan, both in the Philippines and the US ) for making this possible. 

Let us be reminded that God gives his strongest battles to his strongest soldiers. Our family will stay strong and we're going to face this challenge together.