10,000 People Killed by Typhoon in Philippines Following Muslim Attacks against Christians!
Philippine
troops have started to battle their way into coastal villages in the
south where Muslim rebels have held scores of residents hostage in a
six-day standoff, sparking fierce clashes that have killed 56 people and
displaced more than 60,000, officials said Saturday.
President
Benigno Aquino III said more firefights were expected but assured more
than 62,000 displaced villagers being sheltered at a sports complex in
Zamboanga city that the rebels' capability to sow trouble has been
degraded and the government was working to end the crisis soon.
TACLOBAN,
Philippines (Reuters) - At least 10,000 people died in the central
Philippine province of Leyte after Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest
storms ever to make landfall, lashed the province, swallowing coastal
towns, a senior police official said on Sunday.
About 70 to 80 percent of the area in the path of Haiyan in Leyte province was destroyed, said Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria.
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