ABC, By: Kerrin Thomas, 11/18/2013

A benefit concert in support of families affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Central Philippines will be held in Armidale on Friday, December 6. The concert will be held at the Armidale Town Hall. Julio Madera, who's helping to organise the event, says the Armidale community will dig deep for those still struggling to get through the natural disaster. Mr Madera says members of his family were impacted by the violent storm but he's been able to get in touch with them and has confirmation they're safe. He says many local artists, musicians and performers have already come forward to offer their time to help the victims. "The concert will comprise of a variety of acts, including Filipino dancing and singing, Filipino bands, as well as classical music, Rock 'n' Roll, bush poets, and Aboriginal dancing," he said.

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By: ABC, 11/15/2013

Filipino communities in Western Australia's north are pulling together in the wake of Typhoon Hiayan that has devastated their homeland. It has been an anxious wait for Filipino families across regional WA but Robyn Merrill says all but one of the 35 Filipino families in Broome have now managed to contact their loved ones. Fundraising events, including beach barbecues and car washes, are being held in Broome and Karratha this week. "If they can picture a Filipino person sitting in front of a flattened house, if they can picture giving that person money, well that's what it'll be doing, it's very direct," Mr Merrill said. He says they may have to hand-deliver the money raised if it takes too long for the Philippines banking system to be restored.

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By: Wunderground.com, 11/11/2013

BEIJING -- The storm that devastated the Philippines has killed eight people in southern China and inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to farming and fishing industries, state media reported Tuesday.

Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed into the Philippines last Friday as one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, already had weakened to a tropical storm by the time it crossed into southern China on Monday. But it still had gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour) and dropped up to 38 centimeters (15 inches) of rain over some parts of Guangxi province.

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By: RT.com, 11/10/2013

As super-typhoon Haiyan has left some 10,000 dead in the Philippines, over 600,000 people have been evacuated as it approaches Vietnam. “Those who do not move voluntarily will be forced” to move, Vietnam’s flood and storm control department said. Vietnam is preparing its defenses after the storm annihilated the Philippines over the weekend, leaving thousands dead and a trail of devastation through Tacloban, the capital of Leyte province.

Haiyan destroyed 70 percent to 80 percent of the area as it ripped through the province Friday, police chief superintendent Elmer Soria told Reuters. Aid workers are only now beginning to gain access to affected areas. The appropriate measures are being taken in Vietnam before the typhoon strikes. “We have evacuated more than 174,000 households, which is equivalent to more than 600,000 people,” the storm department said Sunday.