Yolanda people finder

Yolanda people finder 

On November 8, the biggest typhoon in recorded history battered the Philippines. When Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name of Haiyan) finally left the country, it left a swathe of destruction, so huge and unimaginable, the national government has been reeling from the sheer gravity of the situation. Millions of people in the Visayas Region have been affected and an estimated 10,000 people are feared to have perished (the present death count is pegged at 4,000 at present but it is expected to rise).

And according to CNN, nationwide the death toll from the typhoon stands at 3,976 with another 1,598 missing. 

During Typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder is a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives. This proved to be successful and is now adapted by more organizations to help track relatives during calamity. On the website, users can search for persons they are looking for and at the same time, people in the affected areas, once they have access, can provide information about their whereabouts or current situations of other people. The said page is also available for mobile phones. However, Google reminds people that "all data entered (on the website) is available to the public and usable by anyone," adding that "Google does not review or verify the accuracy of the data." So, it's not 100 percent proof. Nonetheless, it's another alternative option that can easily be accessed online.Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, which devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, on November 8, 2013It is the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record, killing at least 6,300 people in that country alone. imagesHaiyan is also the strongest storm recorded at landfall. In January 2014, bodies were still being found. The thirtieth named storm of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season, Haiyan originated from an area of low pressure several hundred kilometers east-southeast of Pohnpeiin the Federated States of Micronesia on November 2, 2013. Tracking generally westward, environmental conditions favored tropical cyclogenesis and the system developed into a tropical depression the following day.download-1After becoming a tropical storm and attaining the name Haiyan at UTC on November 4

, the system began a period of rapid intensification that brought it to typhoon intensity by 1800 UTC on November 5. By November 6, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) assessed the system as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale; the storm passed over the island of Kayangel in Palau shortly after attaining this strength.in Philippines history gave birth to the People finder database powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda, the people finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives. This proved to be successful and is now adapted by more organizations to help people track relatives during calamities.Recent storms in Philippines history gave birth to the People finder database powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda, the people finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives.