How much longer will we tolerate the #climate deniers [delayers]?

Philippines typhoon death toll surpasses 5,200: government - Australia Network News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The number of people confirmed dead from typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines has surpassed 5,200, the country's government said, making it one of its deadliest natural disasters."

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Cars cause CO2 emissions, which cause storms, which cause destruction

Cars

Cause storms

Which cause destruction

#Climatechange disaster in the Philippines. This is the true cost of the auto culture.

AP

SFGate: "TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone after one of the worst storms ever recorded unleashed ferocious winds and giant waves that washed away homes and schools. Corpses hung from tree branches and were scattered along sidewalks and among flattened buildings, while looters raided grocery stores and gas stations in search of food, fuel and water."

The true cost of the auto and sprawl culture: #climatechange

BBC News - Typhoon Haiyan death toll 'tops 100' says Philippine official: "At least 100 people have reportedly been killed by Typhoon Haiyan in one city, according to a Philippine official."

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Super typhoon Haiyan closes in on Philippines, among strongest storms ever

Hemispheric view of Haiyan (EUMETSAT Facebook page)

WashingtonPost: "The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has increased its estimate of Haiyan’s maximum sustained winds to 195 mph with gusts to 235 mph. The storm is now within a few hours of landfall in the central Philippines at peak intensity as among the most powerful storms witnessed anywhere in modern times. Widespread destruction, unfortunately, seems inevitable."

Manila gridlock has reached the breaking point

Our traffic hell, an exit strategy: "what we need in Metro Manila is a public transportation system that is affordable and can move people efficiently from their homes to their work places, and to and from centers of commerce and community life."

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Philippines - Climate change is here and now, 300,000 displaced by flood

Rain pounds Manila as flood death toll climbs - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English: "As of nightfall on Wednesday about 15 percent of Metro Manila, a low-lying city of 12 million people, was still flooded, down from 50 percent on Tuesday, said Mon Viloria of the city's civil defence office. The Philippine Red Cross said almost 300,000 people were living in evacuation centres or seeking shelter with friends and relatives."