These 5 GIFs Will Show You Why The Philippines Needs Your Help
These GIFs show aerial views of the Philippines before and after the typhoon Haiyan made landfall. As the images evolve, shacks flatten to piles of sticks, buildings crumble into rubble and coastline structures flood and disappear.
By Sadho Ram — 15 Nov 2013, 07:55 AM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Aid continues to trickle into the Philippines as the island nation reels in the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan
An aerial view shows destroyed houses in Guiuan town, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on November 11, 2013, four days after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the town on November 8. Credit: Google / Getty Images
Image via huffingtonpost.comThe United Nations on Thursday raised the death toll from the monster typhoon that ravaged the country to more than 4,400 — almost double the previous figure
As the dispersal of aid moves slowly, many of the worst hit communities have not yet been reached. The level of destruction and masses of debris across affected regions have hindered all assistance efforts
While the aid is going to Philippines in Haiyan's wake, it's not reaching those who are in dire need of it
Tacloban, a city of about 220,000 people on Leyte island, bore the full force of the winds and the tsunami-like storm surges Friday. Most of the city is in ruins, a tangled mess of destroyed houses, cars and trees
