The record-breaking tsunami, Haiyfan, swept through the Philippines Islands setting terrifying death tolls. As many as 10,000 citizens have died in one city alone, Tacloban. Monster waves pounded into the shores washing away homes, schools, airports, and airports. Ferocious winds buried masses in debris and left corpses hanging on trees. Regional police chief, Elmer Soria, reports that most died from either drowning or being crushed under collapsing buildings. The storm had sea waters rise up twenty feet, causing floods to rush in and engulf the streets.
One Tacloban resident said he and others took refuge inside a parked Jeep to protect themselves from the storm, but the vehicle was swept away by a surging wall of water. "The water was as high as a coconut tree," said the 44-year-old bicycle taxi driver. "I got out of the car and I was swept away by the rampaging water with logs, trees and our house," he described. "When we were being swept by the water, many people were floating and raising their hands and yelling for help. But what can we do? We also needed to be helped".
Thankfully, aid has arrived and rescued many. However, there is nothing that can recover the thousands of innocent lives that were taken in by Haiyfan's fury.
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