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| Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises over 5,000 | Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises over 5,000 |
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| The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan has risen above 5,000, officials in the Philippines say, two weeks after the devastating storm hit the country. | The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan has risen above 5,000, officials in the Philippines say, two weeks after the devastating storm hit the country. |
| The country's National Disaster Agency says that 5,209 people are now known to have lost their lives, with many more still missing. | The country's National Disaster Agency says that 5,209 people are now known to have lost their lives, with many more still missing. |
| That makes Haiyan, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, the deadliest natural disaster in the country's history. | That makes Haiyan, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, the deadliest natural disaster in the country's history. |
| Floods in the Ormoc region in 1991 killed 5,101 people. | Floods in the Ormoc region in 1991 killed 5,101 people. |
| Haiyan was one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded. | |
| Winds of up to 270km/h hit the central Philippines when it made landfall on on 8 November. | |
| Parts of low-lying islands were completely flattened. | |
| Eduardo del Rosario, executive director of the Philippines' National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said that more than four million people were displaced by the storm. | |
| Over a million houses were damaged. |