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BBC correspondent Tim
Willcox, who is at Cebu International Airport, says planes need to get
from there to Tacloban - one of the worst-affected areas.
However, there is a shortage of planes small enough to land on Tacloban's short runway, leading to frustration for aid workers.
But they will be helped by an incredible piece of technology, a worldwide, crowd-sourced humanitarian collaboration made possible by the Internet.
What is it? It’s a highly detailed map of the areas affected by super typhoon Haiyan, and it mostly didn’t exist three days ago, when the storm made landfall.
Since Saturday, more than 400 volunteers have made nearly three quarters of a million additions to a free, online map of areas in and around the Philippines. Those additions reflect the land before the storm, but they will help Red Cross workers and volunteers make critical decisions after it about where to send food, water, and supplies....
However, there is a shortage of planes small enough to land on Tacloban's short runway, leading to frustration for aid workers.
The idea of removing survivors to safe areas may be the best route. Helicopters shuttling survivors to the airport to receive aid and possibly move to a better circumstance may work best.
I don't know if there will ever be an accurate count of the dead, except, to realize what the population was before the storm and how many survivors exist. The difference between the two may be the best any government agency can discern about the actual deaths.
Robinson Meyer
I don't know if there will ever be an accurate count of the dead, except, to realize what the population was before the storm and how many survivors exist. The difference between the two may be the best any government agency can discern about the actual deaths.
Robinson Meyer
But they will be helped by an incredible piece of technology, a worldwide, crowd-sourced humanitarian collaboration made possible by the Internet.
What is it? It’s a highly detailed map of the areas affected by super typhoon Haiyan, and it mostly didn’t exist three days ago, when the storm made landfall.
Since Saturday, more than 400 volunteers have made nearly three quarters of a million additions to a free, online map of areas in and around the Philippines. Those additions reflect the land before the storm, but they will help Red Cross workers and volunteers make critical decisions after it about where to send food, water, and supplies....
