As many as 10,000 people in the Philippines may have died in one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded that destroyed whole villages and devastated cities with huge waves and winds of nearly 150 mph.

The Philippines on Sunday were still trying to comprehend the destruction that Typhoon Haiyan brought to this string of islands in the Pacific. Corpses hung from tree branches and were scattered along sidewalks and among flattened buildings. People raided grocery stores and gas stations in search of food, fuel and water.

A weakened but still powerful storm is now churning through the South China Sea toward Vietnam, which was evacuating tens of thousands of people from its coast. Haiyan has sustained winds of 100 mph and is due to strike Vietnam by Monday.

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See more pictures of the damage caused by Haiyan.

Such news reassures me that staying back in Nigeria is never a bad idea.

Rip to the deceased.

Abu Mikey:


I was perplexed when I first saw this news on Al Jazeera, so many gone and so many thrown into suffering..


#Heal-the-world

It's very sad. Philippines have been hard hit by hurricanes but this is on another level.

May deir soul rest in perfect peace....and God shld grant their families d strenght 2 bear dei losses



Father thank u for makin me 2 be born in nigeria

Booty butt chic: May deir soul rest in perfect peace....and God shld grant their families d strenght 2 bear dei losses



Father thank u for makin me 2 be born in nigeria

We've been so lucky in Nigeria. We don't have hurricanes, wildfires, earthquake, typhoon, or any natural disasters that plague even some of the most advanced countries.

Unfortunately we have created our own man-made disaster. From road accidents, air crashes, to senseless religious and inter-ethnic and political killings, people's lives are being lost in numbers.

If only we can get our acts together, have true leadership that understand the value of human lives, we'd be a much better nation where our citizens wouldn't be finding solace abroad.

^^

kpakam!
Your head dey there, bro.

Austeenx: ^^

kpakam!
Your head dey there, bro.

Thanks bro