Schools reopen in Philippine typhoon zone

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 15:32

Schools reopened on Monday in badly damaged central Philippine towns for the first time since one of the world`s strongest storms ever to hit land killed thousands two months ago.

Hundreds of corpses unburied after Philippine typhoon

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 17:03

Haiyan killed 6,111 people and left 1,779 others missing on November 8, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

Philippine typhoon toll rises to 5,632

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 11:53

The deaths from typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines Saturday rose to 5,632, a government agency said.

Typhoon Haiyan: TV set up in Tacloban to beam Pacquiao fight

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 20:53

Hoping to lift the spirits of thousands of people left homeless by Typhoon Haiyan, cable operators set up TV screens inside a sports stadium, near a church and in other landmarks in the devastated region to broadcast Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao`s comeback fight.

Philippines typhoon death toll feared to hit 7,000

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 15:35

The number of people dead or missing after one of the world`s strongest typhoons struck the Philippines climbed to 7,000 on Saturday, as the United Nations warned much more needed to be done to help desperate survivors.

Patchy aid reaches typhoon survivors as Philippines struggles to rebuild

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 13:43

Survivors began rebuilding homes destroyed by one of the world`s most powerful typhoons and emergency supplies flowed into ravaged Philippine islands, as the United Nations more than doubled its estimate of people made homeless to nearly two million.

Philippines defends response to Typhoon Haiyan

Last Updated: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 00:37

Amid widespread criticism, the government of Philippines has defended its response to Typhoon Haiyan – the strongest ever recorded on land.

Typhoon-hit city of Philippines struggles with next-to-no supplies

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 21:27

By lunchtime on Wednesday, the entire aid stockpile for nearly 70,000 people hit by Typhoon Haiyan on a devastated Philippine island could fit on the back of a pickup truck.