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Food, Water are Top Concerns for Philippine Survivors
Posted by Voice of America: Simone Orendain on November 11th, 2013
Voice of America: In the Central Philippines authorities are struggling to reach many of the some 600,000 people displaced by Super Typhoon Haiyan. Officials anticipate a death toll in the thousands.
At the Villamor Air Force Base in Manila, C130 planes filled with relief goods are headed to one of the hardest hit cities, Tacloban in Leyte Province.
Some relief organizations say their provisions are taking three times longer to get there because so many land routes have been blocked by massive piles of debris...
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Emergency Work ‘Overwhelming’ in Typhoon-Ravaged Central Philippines
Posted by Voice of America: Simone Orendain on November 10th, 2013
Voice of America: In the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines, emergency workers are trying to push their way through piles of debris to recover bodies and get aid to people who have been stranded without food and water. Officials expect the number of dead to be in the thousands.
Most of those deaths are in Tacloban, a coastal city of Leyte Province. That is where Super Typhoon Haiyan first bore down on the country, leaving a trail of devastation across dozens of islands.
?Thousands of houses have been reduced...