one of the worst affected areas was the popular tourist island of shargo. from there, our correspondent howard johnson sent this report. devastation as far as the eye can see. super typhoon rai first made landfall here last thursday, packing winds in excess of 150 mph and dumping huge quantities of rainfall. this dramatic footage captured the moment a new sports hall, doubling as an evacuation centre, was torn to shreds. there was no protection, there was no roof, there was no wall. we was literally lying down there. and the entire nature force was, like, bashing on us with full power, with full force. we had nothing there. the governor of the island estimates that 90% of buildings have been damaged. this is my house.
interpretation of these studies. well, we really appreciate you speaking to us about the studies. professor peter 0penshaw, very good of you to speak to us. professor peter openshaw, very good of you to speak to us. it s nearly a week since the philippines were hit by a typhoon the strongest they ve had this year. at least 375 people were killed and hundreds of thousands have been left without shelter. the red cross says there is carnage in many areas, with no power, no communications and very little water. one of the worst affected areas was the popular tourist island of siargao. from there, our correspondent howard johnson sent this report. devastation as far as the eye can see. super typhoon rai first made landfall here last thursday, packing winds in excess of 150 miles an hour and dumping huge quantities of rainfall. this dramatic footage captured the moment a new sports hall doubling as an evacuation centre
the red cross says there is carnage in many areas, with no power, no communications and very little water. one of the worst affected areas was the popular tourist island of siargao. from there, our correspondent howard johnson sent this report. devastation as far as the eye can see. super typhoon rai first made landfall here last thursday, packing winds in excess of 150 miles an hour and dumping huge quantities of rainfall. this footage captured the moment a sports hall doubling as an evacuation centre was torn to shreds. it evacuation centre was torn to shreds. . , evacuation centre was torn to shreds. ., , ., . ., ., shreds. it was no protection, no roof on the shreds. it was no protection, no roof on the walls. shreds. it was no protection, no roof on the walls. the shreds. it was no protection, no roof on the walls. the entire - shreds. it was no protection, no l roof on the walls. the entire force of nature was bashing on us with full force. ,., ., .,
people, and leaving hundreds of thousands without shelter. one of the worst affected areas was the popular tourist island of siargao. from there, our correspondent howard johnson sent this report. devastation as far as the eye can see. voted best island in asia this year by conde nast, siargao now resembles an apocalyptic mess. super typhoon rai first made landfall here last thursday, packing winds in excess of 150 miles an hour and dumping huge quantities of rainfall. this scene is repeated many times across the island. a tree felled by the super typhoon across the road blocking the passage of motorcycles and it has caused all this debris to block the road. we can see
and hundreds of thousands have been left without shelter. the red cross says there is carnage in many areas with no power, no communications and very little water. one of the worst affected areas was the popular tourist island of siargao. from there our correspondent howard johnson sent this report. devastation as far as the eye can see. super typhoon rai first made landfall here last thursday, packing winds in excess of 150 miles an hour and dumping huge quantities of rainfall. this dramatic footage captured the moment a new sports hall, doubling as an evacuation centre, was torn to shreds. there was no protection, there was no roof, there was no wall. we were literally lying down there. and the entire nature force was bashing on us with full power, with full force.