The death toll from super typhoon Yolanda continues to climb, reaching 5,235 as of Saturday, two weeks after the powerful howler flattened entire towns in several provinces.

The number of casualties surpassed the 5,100 deaths recorded during the flashflood that rampaged through communities in Ormoc City in Leyte province in 1990.

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