Philippines fears massive death toll after typhoon – Washington Postby wpjljron Sunday, November 10th, 2013.Philippines fears massive death toll after typhoon – Washington PostWire services on Sunday reported unconfirmed estimates of at least 10,000 dead. The city administrator in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit areas, told the Associated Press that the casualties in his city alone “could go up to 10,000.” Tacloban, with a population of 220,000, is the provincial capital of Leyte, a mountainous island roughly the […] Wire services on Sunday reported unconfirmed estimates of at least 10,000 dead. The city administrator in Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit areas, told the Associated Press that the casualties in his city alone “could go up to 10,000.”