(VOV) – Vietnamese Director Le Tuan Anh, currently in the Philippines, reports the storm’s devastation is beyond imagination
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Typhoon Haiyan pounded the Philippines in early November 2013, claiming nearly 2,000 lives, according to government sources.
Tacloban city was the hardest hit locality, with almost 90% of its infrastructure totally destroyed at the height of the powerful storm.
Army and police personnel were mobilized to transported the dead bodies from hospital to burial.
Director Anh took a series of photos illustrating the catastrophic consequences of the storm.
Dead bodies were piled up on street
Director Anh took a series of photos illustrating the catastrophic consequences of the storm.
No water nor electricity. Every building has sustained damage. Trees are uprooted. It resembles the scene of a bombing
A residential area after the storm
A local museum was used as a shelter
Locals were wandering nearby ports. Diesel engines were used to charge mobile phone batteries
This child was too small to know what had happened to his family
Water became is precious
Almost all infrastructure facilities were totally destroyed
A destroyed container ship
Searching a dump for remains
Finding anything of use
The Filipino army has begun clearing areas of debris
Food sent to Tacloban
Relief aid pouring in
Queuing to receive aid
US Army delivering drinking water
Germany's Johanister Organisation lending a helping hand to the victims
Outskirts of Tacloban
Ferries were overloaded with international media and charity and aid organisation representatives.
The airport and its surrounds, under military guard, were the only safe areas in Tacloban. Desperate survivors were resorting to robbery and looting.
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Đăng ký: VietNam News
