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(MALE ANNOUNCER): THIS IS
THE BAY AREA NEWS STATION,
KRON 4 NEWS STARTS NOW.
>> PAM: NOW AT SIX. FIVE
DAYS AFTER THE TYPHOON
TRAGEDY IN THEFIVE DAYS OF
ANXIOUS WAITING FOR BAY AREA
FAMILIES.
>>. DON'T KNOW IF MY
RELATIVES ARE ALIVE OR IF
THEY ARE SAFE
>> PAM: A VIGIL STARTING
RIGHT NOW IN SAN JOSE. WE
WILL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE
>> PAM: FOOD AND WATER.
FINALLY REACHING SOME OF THE
DESPERATE TYPHOON SURVIVORS
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
IN SOME COASTAL TOWNS ALMOST
EVERY BUILDING HAS BEEN
FLATTENED,
HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ARE
PEOPLE NEEDING TO BE FED.
>> PAM: WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE.
TONIGHT, WE BEGIN WITH KRON
4'S GRANT LODES. HE IS HERE
IN THE STUDIO WITH THE
LATEST ON THE TYPHOON
DEVASTATION.
>> PAM:
>> REPORTER:THE OFFICIAL
DEATH TOLL IS UP TO MORE
THAN 23-HUNDRED.BUT THAT'S
EXPECTED TO RISE.
HUNGRY HANDS, DESPERATE FOR
HELP.
>> REPORTER:THE FOOD, WATER
AND OTHER BADLY NEEDED
SUPPLIES ARE FINALLY
ARRIVING IN MANILA.BUT
DISTRIBUTING THEM IS NOW THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGE.THEY NEED
MORE TRUCKS.
THE MAYOR OF HARDEST HIT
TACLOBAN CITY IS TELLING HIS
RESIDENTS TO GET OUT.BECAUSE
OFFICIALS ARE HAVING
TROUBLE GETTING THEM THE
NECESSITIES.AND LOOTING IS
HARD TO CONTROL.
>> REPORTER:EIGHT LOOTERS
WERE KILLED WHEN THEY WERE
CRUSHED WHILE TRYING TO GET
RICE AT A GOVERNMENT
WAREHOUSE.CAUSING A WALL TO
COLLAPSE ON THEM.
IT'S BEEN FIVE DAYS SINCE
THE HISTORIC TYPHOON
PUMMELED THE PHILIPPINES.
>> REPORTER:HUNDREDS OF
BODIES ARE STILL LYING ON
THE STREETS.CREATING A
STENCH DESCRIBED AS
HORRIFYING.
HERE NOW A MOTHER AND HER
YOUNG KIDS.WHO JUST GOT OUT
OF TACLOBAN CITY.
>> REPORTER:THE PHILIPPINES
CONSULATE IN SAN FRANCISCO
ANNOUNCED A HOLY MASS FRIDAY
NIGHT AT 5:00.
>>
>> REPORTER: PLEADING FOR
HELP FOR THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS.
>> PAM:
TODAY. COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS
HERE IN THE BAY AREA TOOK
PART IN THE NATIONAL LAUNCH
OF A DISASTER RELIEF EFFORT.
AIMED AT GETTING HELP ACROSS
THE PACIFIC TO THE VICTIMS
OF THE TYPHOON.
ORGANIZERS TALKED TO KRON
4'S HAAZIQ MADYUN ABOUT THE
JOINT EFFORT TAKING PLACE.
>>"OUR PHONES HAVE BEEN
RINGING OFF OF THE HOOK BUT
IT'S A GOD KIND OF BUSY"
>> REPORTER:VOLUNTEERS ARE
BUSY HERE AT NAFCON THE
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR
FILIPINO CONCERNS IN SAN
FRANCISCOHERE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS, CIVIC AND
RELIGIOUS LEADERS HAVE COME
TOGETHER TO LAUNCH TASK
FORCE HAIYAN A BRIDGE
BETWEEN GRASS ROOTS DISASTER
RELIEF EFFORTS HERE IN THE
U.S. CONNECTING WITH
COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
PHILIPINESHELPING VICTIMS OF
THE RECENT TYPHOON
>>"GRASS ROOTS
ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLES
ORGANIZATIONS THAT KNOW THE
COMMUNITIES VERY WELLBEFORE
THE U.S. MILITARY THAT IS
ALREADY THERE"
>> REPORTER:SAN FRANCISCO
SUPERVISOR JOHN ALVALOS SAYS
CITY HALL WILL HAVE A KEY
ROLE IN THE LOCAL DISATER
RELIEF EFFORT
>>"THE CITY HAS A RESPONSE,
WE CAN HELP IN THE GRASS
ROOTS FUND RAISING EFFORT,
WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE
TIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BAY
AREA TO THE PHILIPINES ARE
STRENGTHENED IN THIS
PROCESS, LONG TERM AND
SUSTAINABLE"
>> REPORTER:HEALTHCARE
WORKERS LIKE NINA CERDINA
ARE ALSO STEPPING
UPVOLUNTEERING TO HELP THOSE
NEEDING URGENT MEDICAL CARE
>>"SEIU U-H-W, THE
HEALTHCARE WORKERS
UNIONURGING OUR TRAINED
HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO
VOLUNTEER FOR THIS MISSION"
>> REPORTER:IN SAN FRANCISCO
HAAZIQ MADYUN KRON4NEWS
>> PAM: HAPPENING NOW.
PEOPLE ARE GATHERING IN SAN
JOSE TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS
OF TYPHOON HAIYAN.
KRON 4 DAN KERMAN IS LIVE
OUTSIDE THE MARTIN LUTHER
KING LIBRARY IN SAN JOSE.
WHERE A VIGIL IS ABOUT TO
GET UNDERWAY. DAN?
>> REPORTER: ABOUT A DOZEN
PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY
AS THE MINUTES GO BY MORE
AND MORE PEOPLE SHOW UP.
THIS ORGANIZATION SPONSORING
TONIGHT'S FUNCTION IS A
HUGHES ORGANIZATION. WE SEE
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
ATTENDING.
>> LEE EVERYONE IS FINE
SPEECHES HAVE BEEN AMONG THE
IMAGE BACK HOME. BUT I STILL
PREFER OTHER PEOPLE WHO LOST
THEIR LOVED ONES. I STILL
PRAY FOR OTHERSS
>> REPORTER: THEY SAY THAT
WAY IT WOULD TO THE MOST
WORK WITH MONETARY DONATIONS
FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED.
>> PAM: REMEMBER TO STAY
WITH KRON4 ON THE VERY