Agony In The Philippines -- New York Times editorial
Five days after one of the worst typhoons on record hit the Philippines, the magnitude of the catastrophe is barely captured in the preliminary statistics: nearly 2,000 people listed as dead and many thousands more missing; more than 600,000 people displaced; countless homes and roads crushed by surging water.
News photographs of the dead lying in city streets are heartbreaking. Relief efforts are facing serious obstacles as huge numbers of survivors grow desperate for food, water, medical care and shelter. The situation is so bad that Filipino troops have been deployed to Tacloban, the devastated coastal capital of Leyte Province, to guard against unrest.
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