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Typhoon Haiyan plowed into northeastern Vietnam early Monday, packing powerful winds and forcing thousands to evacuate.While people in Vietnam took shelter, Filipinos grappled with devastation on a scale they have never seen before.No electricity. No food. No water. Houses and buildings leveled. Bodies scattered on the streets. Hospitals overrun with patients. Medical supplies running out.And a death toll that could soar.

The Philippine Red Cross estimated at least 1,200 people were killed by Haiyan, but that number could change as officials make their way to remote, nearly inaccessible places pummeled by the storm.Interactive map of the stormThe town of Tacloban, in Leyte province, is a city on edge. It was one of the hardest-hit places.Tacloban's mayor said reports that 10,000 people may have died in Leyte province were quote "entirely possible.""People here were convinced that it looked like a tsunami," Alfred Romualdez told CNN.

"I have not spoken to anyone who has not lost someone, a relative close to them. We are looking for as many as we can," he said.

......CNN


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