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off. roads are blocked. power is down. and there s no phone coverage. experienced aid workers are saying they haven t seen anything like it since the december 2004 asian tsunami. and that s not a comparison you make lightly. a lot of people have managed to get away now. i spoke to survivors. they were rescued by the philippine air force earlier today. and they spoke of many people dead and also of most houses being swept away by a massive storm surge. the death toll has now gone up to over 1,000. it s risen very quickly today as more and more aid teams get in and discover what is a growing tragedy. the u.s. military is standing by ready to give assistance. i spoke to a colonel in the u.s. marines today. he d been up with the air force surveying the worst-affected areas. the government of the philippines has now accepted the u.n. offer of international assistance.

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