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Phillipines Update 1
Estimates of those people who died when monster Typhoon Haiyan (also called Yolanda) hit the central Philippines on Friday ranges up to 10,000, with many injured and nine million people affected. The full damage and death toll of the fiercest …
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Super Typhoon hits the Philippines
The Super Typhoon Haiyan has affected the Philippines, triggering flooding, destroying buildings and causing millions of people to take shelter.Ramon Anquilan DU1UGZ of the Philippines Amateur Radio Association (PARA) reports that the typhoon made landfall at about 4.40am local time today …
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Earthquake in the Phillippines.
The Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA) has activated its Ham Emergency Radio Operators in emergency communications using a frequency of 7.095 MHz. It did so almost immediately on receiving news that a 7.2 Magnitude earthquake occurred in the Bohol Province causing numerous casualties and …
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Ham teams help cyclone-hit India
In the aftermath of powerful Cyclone Phailin teams of radio amateurs are working there round the clock. The Cyclone came ashore at Odisha in the Bay of Bengal flooding thousands of homes and forcing half a million people to leave early …
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2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season — Amateurs in action
Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have hit Mexico simultaneously causing multiple deaths, landslides and disruption to the country. Radio Amateurs of the Mexican National Society FMRE have been active on 7060kHz as part of the response to the emergency. …
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