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Now there are reports that the death toll could reach 10K. I would expect a high casualty count but if this happens it would be a huge tragedy as they knew this storm was approaching for sometime. The Philippines aren't an impoverished country like Haiti. I just find it hard to believe that people wouldn't evacuate based on the immense power of that storm.I would hope those projections turn out to be false.
Plant-covered land is red; urban areas are white and silver; bare ground is tan; and water and shadows are black. From ASTER’s wide perspective, it is not possible to see individual city blocks of destroyed buildings. But the subtle differences between the images do reveal a wide-scale disaster.