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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. | Haiyan was one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded. |
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| Winds of up to 270km/h hit the central Philippines when it made landfall on 8 November. | |
| Parts of low-lying islands were completely flattened. | 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. | 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. | Over a million houses were damaged. |
| Many residents in the worst hit areas are still without proper shelter as they try to rebuild their homes. | |
| Many residents in the worst hit areas are still without proper shelter as they try to rebuild their homes. | |
| Mr del Rosario told the Associated Press news agency he believed the worst was over. | |
| "In the first week we can say we were in the emergency room," he told the agency. | |
| "This second week we are now in the ICU [intensive care unit], still critical but stabilised." | |
| He said he believed that the number of dead reported in the city of Tacloban was likely to go up. | |
| The capital of Leyte province has reported 1,725 deaths. | |
| More than 1,600 people are missing across the affected region. | |
| Most of the dead had been buried in mass graves, and many bodies were unidentified, Mr del Rosario said. |