Typhoon Ondoy Hits the Philippines: Social Media Playing a Big Part

According to reports, Typhoon Ondoy has killed at least 83 people, with 23 others missing. 60,000 people were brought to emergency shelters, adding to a total of more than 330,000 people affected.

Communication through telephones is almost impossible and many turned to the Internet to get direct updates.

Besides news updates from online publishers, Filipinos away from their homeland are anxiously checking for updates through social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

Check out how each medium is used to keep us updated on the situation.

Twitter

Philippines has been a trending topic since yesterday (27 Sept). At its peak, real time updates were rolling out at a rate of 1 tweet per second. Twitter is by far the fastest stream to receive news coverage on the situation over at Philippines.

Facebook

Flickr