Reina Salvo Nelson, a Melbourne woman missing in the Philippines after the typhoon. Source: Supplied
THE family of a Melbourne grandmother missing in the typhoon-devastated Philippines are desperate for help to find her.
Reina Salvo Nelson, 58, has been missing since Thursday, when she contacted relatives to tell them of the storm heading her way.
Her six children are praying for her and hoping for good news.
But they fear for her safety after losing all contact.
The Wyndham Vale woman had been holidaying in the coastal town of Carigara and had been due to go to Tacloban on her way back to Melbourne.
Carigara was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan, and up to 10,000 people are feared dead in Tacloban.
Ms Nelson failed to arrive back in Melbourne on Monday.
Daughter Mary Stewart said family and friends had been unable to get any information.
"We don't know what to think, we're just worried,'' she said.
"If there is no power, no transport, no water, what has she got?''
Ms Stewart said half her siblings were too stressed to watch horrifying vision of one of the worst storms on record.
Reina Salvo Nelson and her family. L-R: Jennifer Stewart, Murray Nelson, Mary Stewart, Alfred Iudica, Joereina Iudica, Reina Salvo Nelson, Gerald Salvo Nelson, and Marianne Nelson. Source: Supplied
The others had endured sleepless nights searching for answers online and through news reports.
"She said so casually there was a typhoon coming, and she was just going to stay in my aunty's house,'' she said.
"All we can do is hope that she didn't go to Tacloban, because that was the hardest hit.''
There are also fears for the aunt, Werribee woman Francis Salvo, on holidays visiting family in Carigara, which is about a 50 minute drive from Tacloban.
Another of Ms Nelson's daughters, Jennifer Stewart, said if her mum had survived she could be going through hell.
"The airport has been demolished in Tacloban and the roads are still covered in debris and powerlines. And what depresses me is that my mother has no way home,'' she said.
"The latest update was about food shortage, and the repairs on getting the power up and running is estimated to around January.
"It is horrible.''
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman Jenna Hand said last night more than 900 calls had been made to its 24-hour consular emergency centre inquiring after the whereabouts of Australians in the Philippines.
Australian consular officials in the Philippines and Canberra were "following up on the whereabouts of Australians and on cases of concern.''
She said three additional consular officials were being deployed to the Philippines.
peter.rolfe@news.com.au
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