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How Many Left Dead By Typhoon Yolanda

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The typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) that struck the Philippines on 8 November 2013 left about 7300 deaths according to this report by Inquirer.net . According to NDRRMC , 6,300 were reported dead as of 27 December 2013. " Aerial view of Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan " by Russell Watkins/Department for International Development - Aerial view of Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan Uploaded by January . Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons . Other statistics reported by NDRRMC in relation to the effect of typhoon Yolanda as of  17 April 2014. Other statistics were taken from this 27 December 2013  report . Casualties 28,689 injured 1,061 missing Affected 3,424,593 families affected 16,078,181 individuals affected 12,139 barangays affected 44 provinces affected 591 municipalities affected 57 cities affected Damages 1,084,762 houses damaged PHP 89,598,068,634.88 cost of damages

What Is Facebook's Original Name?

Before Facebook was facebook dot com , do you know what it was? In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a program called Facemash . In 2004, he launched the system on the web as thefacebook.com . In 2005, Zuckerberg's company purchased the domain name facebook.com for $200,000. If you are interested on how the original Facebook looked like, search "original facebook jpg" on any search engine's image search. The image is copyrighted.