More than 10,000 people are feared dead in the central Philippines following one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the country’s history. Fortunately for Joel and Lilie Roque say their family is in Manilla away from the devastation, but the disaster hits close to their hearts. “Every time you see those parents carrying their kids and they are holding them and they are dead,” says Joel Roque. “It’s really bad. I’m a parent too, I almost cried when I saw it on the tv.”
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Nearly 1,000 people are confirmed dead so far, but the toll is expected to rise. Typhoon Haiyan sent huge waves that inundated towns, washed ships ashore and swept away coastal villages. For some the images are to horrific to watch bringing them to tears. Shine Landayan works at the Triple J Filipino market in Lethbridge and says she felt compelled to do something. Landayan is ordering shirts and selling them for $10 dollars . The shirts are already being sported by celebrities in the Phillipines. ” I’m hoping to get as many orders as I can. I’m getting orders from everywhere,” says Landayan.
The Canadian Redcross in Lethbridge says a mobile hospital team has been sent to the Phillipines and just today Southern Albertan’s have already donated thousands of dollars to the disaster fund.
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