TACLOBAN CITY -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) of Leyte on Monday reported a total of 1,563 deaths, even as search and retrieval for the missing and other victims continued.
The death toll is only from 10 of the 40 towns and Tacloban City in Leyte province that had submitted reports to the PDRRMC.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are conducting joint clearing operations and retrieval of cadavers in this city and neighboring towns.
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| Tacloban after Yolanda, 10 November 2013. |
Team Albay has set up a medical station, distributing drinking water and providing other assistance. It includes the World Food Organization and Red Cross, which are both trying to penetrate all areas.
Additional soldiers and policemen have been sent to restore law and order here, to check on looting and to enforce a curfew.
There were still very limited communications systems in place in most areas of Tacloban City and neighboring towns, with survivors busy salvaging whatever is left of their belongings. Many children were also seen wandering in the streets.
