Philippine typhoon toll rises to record 5,209: official

The death toll from super typhoon Haiyan, which slammed across the central Philippines two weeks ago, has risen to more than 5,200, the National Disaster Agency said on Friday, the most deadly natural disaster ever to hit the country. Eduardo del Rosario, executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said nearly 23,500 people were injured and more than 1,600 were still missing from the typhoon, which also displaced more than four million. Disaster agency officials said the death toll could still increase with only about 52 percent of the city of Tacloban cleared of debris.



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