SUPERSTORM YOLANDA: 10,000 feared dead in Leyte due to 'Yolanda' but official death toll at 151

A regional police chief claimed that Superstorm Yolanda killed over 10,000 people in Leyte but so far, the death toll, as recorded by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), is now 151. However, the confirmed death tolls are expect to come slowly because of communications still down.

If that claim is correct, Superstorm Yolanda is theoretically Philippines' most deadliest natural calamity, claimed more than the 1976 earthquake and tsunami that killed between 5K to 6K people from the Moro Gulf on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. It could theoretically be more deadly than 1991's Thelma/Uring that killed between 5,101 to 8,000 people.

Source: Interaksyon