Subscribe
The Daily Grind Video
CLOSE

Updates on the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines have been more questionable than helpful during this tragic time.

It was previously reported that the death toll during the world’s biggest storm was expected to be 10,000, but is actually a little over 2,500, according to President Bengino Aquino of the Philippines.

Haiyan, the biggest storm ever recorded, began five days ago in the Philippines, and destroyed central cities and thousands of homes, leaving many dead and survivors to fend for themselves with aid unable to reach them.

According to a report from Reuters, violence has broken out in some areas of the disaster and survivors have resorted to looting and rioting, causing eight people to be crushed to death.

There were reports of gunfire between security forces and armed men near a mass grave in worst-hit Tacloban in Leyte province, but city administrator Tecson John Lim denied the clash based on information he had received from the army.

Eight people were crushed to death when looters raided rice stockpiles in a government warehouse in the town of Alangalang, causing a wall to collapse, local authorities said.

Most of the areas looted were warehouses that stored food, water and supplies. When survivors came up empty at warehouses, they turned towards houses.

Tacloban city ambassador Tesco John Lim told reporters that survivors wouldn’t be seen as criminals due to the horrible circumstances.

“The looting is not criminality. It’s self-preservation,” Lim told Reuters.

We pray that the survivors get the help they need as soon as possible.

SOURCE: HuffPost | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty