Spanish tourists and residents sought in typhoon-torn Philippines
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 @ 10:29 AM
SPAIN'S foreign office is attempting to trace 14 citizens from the country believed to have been in The Philippines when Typhoon Haiyan struck, but does not think they are among the 10,000 reported dead.
Ten of them are tourists and the other four are Spaniards living in the Asian country, says the department led by José Manuel García-Margallo.
The foreign office is not fearing the worst, since all communications with The Philippines – internet, telephone and post – have broken down as power lines have been destroyed and no services are open since the devastating winds flattened the islands.
And as yet, no Spanish nationals have been reported dead or injured.
Survivors say they have been searching for days among the wreckage of their homes and towns for food and drinking water, neither of which is readily available, and it is feared that more deaths may occur from starvation or dehydration.
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