Philippines death toll just beginning to become apparent

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Fox News: Philippines typhoon leaves an estimated 1,000 dead in one coastal town alone, report says​

One of the most powerful storms on record devastated the central Philippines, reportedly killing an estimated 1,000 people in one town alone and leaving the airport in the hard-hit city of Tacloban in shambles.

The Philippine Red Cross told Reuters that based on reports it estimates at least 1,000 dead in Tacloban, which is located about 360 miles southeast of Manila, and 200 in Samar Provice.

"An estimated more than 1,000 bodies were seen floating in Tacloban as reported by our Red Cross teams,'' Gwendolyn Pang, the secretary general from the agency told Reuters. "In Samar, about 200 deaths. Validation is ongoing."

This is, as the article says, the death toll in just one town along the coast. There are dozens of towns and two or three provinces affected. The numbers could get very grim.