Super Typhoon Haiyan News

American best-selling author Mitch Albom has traveled to the typhoon-ravaged areas of Tacloban City in the Philippines to help rebuild destroyed libraries there in cooperation with National Bookstore, the Philippines' biggest bookstore.

The situation on the ground in Tacloban City in central Philippines one month after the landfall of supper Typhoon Haiyan has improved tremendously, the United Nations Office of the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) said.

More than three weeks after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered central Philippines, President Benigno Aquino (Pnoy to Filipinos) has not changed his self-imposed system of counting the number of dead bodies in Tacloban City and other affected areas.

Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao expressed his heartfelt appreciation to all nations that are giving support and humanitarian aid to typhoon victims in the Philippines.

Cebu - Community preparedness proves to be the key to prevent loss of life and property in times of natural calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and other natural occurrences of extreme force and proportion.

On November 13, a moving Facebook note about Typhoon Haiyan and the current situation in the Philippines was posted. It is currently going viral and is entitled, 'I Need To Tell You.'

Many Filipinos are praising international media for its comprehensive coverage of the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda in Phl) and for bringing the flight of typhoon victims to the global community.

Australia tops the list of donor countries for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, a deadly super typhoon that hit central Philippines last weekend, killing more than 3,000 people and destroying homes and vital infrastructure along its path.

Tacloban - There are some reports that the death toll, from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, may not be as great as earlier reported but the humanitarian crisis in the Philippines continues to grow.