Red Cross Apologizes for Tweeting False Typhoon Haiyan Image

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

The organization used Twitter to share an image (below) 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

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

Niki Clark, a Red Cross senior associate in international communications, issued the correction on the organization's blog. Read more...

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