Death Toll Rises To 3,621 As More Bodies Turn Up In The Philippines -- CNN
Tacloban, Philippines (CNN) -- As crews collected more bodies off of streets and from underneath rubble in the Philippines Friday, the national disaster agency raised the death toll in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan to 3,621.
The number of injured stood at 12,165, state news agency PNA reported, after the storm ripped up a group of the nation's islands with winds stronger than those of Hurricane Katrina. At least 1,140 are missing.
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