http://news.yahoo.com/philippines-biggest-typhoon-kills-least-82-many-buried-041047352.html
As I was reading my daily Yahoo News, I came across this article and was absolutely heartbroken. A typhoon hit hard in southern Philippines and had already killed at least 283 people. Interior Minister Manuel Roxas said 300 people were missing.
Typhoon Bopha hit hardest and made landfall on the island of Mindanao. The worst hit province was Compostela Valley, where waves of water and mud came crashing down mountains and swept through schools, town halls and clinics. The last building standing in the area was the school. The governor of that province was Arthur Uy, and he mentioned how unexpectedly fierce the winds and water came. Uy also said that the irrigation reservoirs on topof mountains had given way sending large volumes of water to the valleys. Torrential rain often triggers landslides down slopes stripped of their forest cover.
Many people in the area saw their friends and family being swept away by the flash flood. It was very difficult to read towards the end.
After reading this article, I posted on my Facebook status, "praying for the Philippines". Immediately, I had about four friends commenting, "What happened?". Earlier this semester, we learned about LDC's and MDC's and how this relates to hazard. When Hurricane Sandy took out electricity on the east coast for a few days, America went berserk and covered that shit on the news like crazy. But then we read stuff like Typhoon Bopha killing 283 people and families being swept away by the water, hardly anyone hears about it (one of the reasons why I love my major). As we can see here, the Philippines were particularly vulnerable to typhoons because of their geographical location and because it's a country consisting of many islands. I do hope that there will be more aid headed towards their way. Continuously sending prayers and will be keeping up to date with this unfortunate situation.
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