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November 12, 2013 04:25 am GMT

Red Cross Apologizes for Tweeting False Typhoon Haiyan Image

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The American Red Cross has patched up a mistake it made Monday.

The organization used Twitter to share an image comparing the size of Typhoon Haiyan, a storm that killed an estimated 10,000 people in the Philippines over the weekend, to the continental United States, in which the typhoon dwarfed the nation. The tweet (embedded below) read, "A storm the size of typhoon Haiyan would cover nearly the entire continental U.S."

See also: 9 Ways to Help Victims of Typhoon Haiyan

Twitter users retweeted the shocking image more than 700 times before the Red Cross issued a correction and apology several hours later Read more...

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