Philippine president puts typhoon death toll at 2,000 to 2,500

The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan’s rampage
through the Philippines is closer to 2,000 or
2,500 than the 10,000 previously estimated,
President Benigno Aquino said on Tuesday as
U.S. and British warships headed toward his
nation to help with relief efforts.
“Ten thousand, I think, is too much,” Aquino
told CNN in an interview. “There was emotional
drama involved with that particular estimate.”