Philippines: Evacuated how many people still die?

Hours before Haiyan storm entered, the Philippine government evacuated 800,000 people to supposedly safe places like churches, schools and government offices. But that seems not enough.

Brick walls and reinforcement structures were unable to resist winds of up to 235km / h, and especially waves that swept across the Philippine coast. As a result, thousands of people were killed, although many of them found shelter. This catastrophe once again shows that the wrath of nature is sometimes devastating to overcome all preparedness. An estimated 10,000 Filipinos died in the recent Typhoon Haiyan.

A cargo ship is knocked off the Tacloban coast.(Photo: AP)

Regarding preparation, the Philippine authorities have evacuated people to places that are deep inside the coast. Such a tactic had been successful a few weeks ago, when Typhoon Phailin was said to have landed in eastern India, but only killed 25 people, while there were thousands of safe refugees. However, what the Philippine government did not expect and did not anticipate - that is, hurricanes of up to 6m high that crossed Tacloban, the capital of Leyte province - where the most severe damage was caused.

In addition to the deaths in the shelter, there must be those who lost their lives by ignoring the evacuation warning, staying in the house because of fear of losing their property, partly because of the subjective, underestimating the danger. Rene Alemendaras, assistant to the President of the Philippines, said: 'I spoke to the people of Tacloban, who said they were prepared to fight the storm, but did not pay attention to the rising wave.' Gwendolyn Pang, executive director of the Philippine Red Cross organization, said the recent disaster showed a need for a campaign to educate people about the destruction of storm surge waves - with the same level of destruction as waves. God.

Work on relocation and storm prevention Haiyan in the central provinces of Vietnam.(Photo: AFP)

In addition to objective factors from nature that are particularly sea level rise, the capacity to cope and respond in the Philippines also has limitations, related to political factors. The country lacks the central control of the country, while the governors in the provinces and cities have autonomy to manage local affairs. This is something that the Philippines could not do like Vietnam - a country with a similarity to the Philippines - also suffered dozens of storms of the year, also with a high population density. In Vietnam, the unified administration from the government to the provinces leads to a result: all messages and administration are directly accessible to the people.