Not as yet mark they are from guiaun we have heard it is almost total devastation thete but ee are hoping we will have some news soonOriginally Posted by Dedworth
Not as yet mark they are from guiaun we have heard it is almost total devastation thete but ee are hoping we will have some news soon
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14 Palawan towns under state of calamity
Typhoon Yolanda's wrath in Coron, Palawan
The last leg of Super Typhoon Yolanda's (Haiyan's) destructive journey was in Busuanga, Palawan.
There, the typhoon made its 6th and last landfall Friday night, November 8, before it left the country in the afternoon of Saturday, November 9. (READ: Yolanda goes 'island hopping,' makes 6 landfalls)
A full week after it exited, Palawan's Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMO) released a report saying the province's Sangguniang Panlalawigan placed 14 towns under a state of calamity:
•Agutaya
•Araceli
•Busuanga
•Cagayancillo
•Coron
•Culion
•Cuyo Dumaran
•El Nido
•Linapacan
•Magsaysay
•Roxas
•San Vicente
•Taytay
According to a report by state-run Philippine News Agency (PNA), the resolution that placed the towns under a state of calamity also pegged the number of affected families at around 20,308.
Through the resolution, Palawan Gov Jose Alvarez may tap into the province's calamity fund to start rehabilitation in these towns. But even without the calamity fund, help has been pouring in for the Palaweños.
The PNA reported that foreign tourists and expatriates who consider Palawan as their home came to the PDRRMO command center to bring relief goods.
Private entities are also pitching in. PDRRMO executive director Gilbert Baaco received from Malampaya Foundation Inc. P1 million-worth of food packs for the Calamianes Islands after they earlier sent relief goods to Coron.
The provincial government's employees association also began its own relief drive.
“The compassion of the people for the Palaweños, who were devastated by Yolanda is even overwhelming than the strong winds and heavy rains that slammed the northernmost island towns,” Baaco said.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Saturday, November 16, said the damage of Typhoon Yolanda which wreaked havoc in the Visayas now stands at P9.46 billion. The number of casualties stood at 3,633 as of early morning.
Three days after Yolanda hit Palawan, relief goods already started arriving in Coron. Earlier reports said at least 6 died in the town alone.
Source:-
http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issue...state-calamity
Philippines typhoon: Aid effort gathers pace
US Navy helicopters are now delivering relief supplies to many victims
The international aid effort in parts of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan is starting to have a major impact, with tens of thousands of victims of receiving supplies.
Medical teams are operating in the worst-affected areas and US helicopters flying aid to isolated settlements.
The UN says it and its partners hope to provide enough aid for six months.
Haiyan, which hit eight days ago, has killed more than 3,600 people and left about half a million homeless.
Patrick Fuller of the International Federation of the Red Cross told the Associated Press news agency: "At the moment we are ramping up a major relief effort and the supplies are coming in."
Mr Fuller - who is in Tacloban, one of the worst-hit areas - said: "We're setting up an emergency response hospital here, water and sanitation units." However, he added that people in affected areas would need long-term "support with rebuilding".
Both the Red Cross and the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said they would have mobile surgical units up and running in Tacloban by the end of the weekend.
US Navy helicopters have been dropping food, water and other supplies from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which arrived off the coast on Thursday.
The carrier is also expanding search-and-rescue operations. The US military said it would send about 1,000 more troops along with additional ships and aircraft to join the aid effort.
Britain will give an extra £30m ($50m) in emergency aid, bringing UK assistance to £50m, Prime Minister David Cameron announced. The UK Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) said donations from the public had reached £33m.
Although a huge international aid effort is under way, widespread infrastructure damage is hampering efforts to distribute it to some areas.
Desperate survivors are still trying to leave the coastal city of Ormoc, 105 km (65 miles) west of Tacloban, Reuters news agency reports.
Typhoon Haiyan was one of the most powerful typhoons ever to hit land, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless.
The city of Tacloban has been virtually flattened
US soldiers are now flying in supplies to the Tacloban area
Hundreds of thousands of people have been made homeless by the storm
Philippine Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Soliman acknowledged in a radio interview that the national relief response had been too slow to reach many areas.
"We will double our efforts to distribute relief goods because we've been hearing complaints that a lot of people have yet to receive relief goods," she said.
About 11 million people have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan, according to UN estimates.
It was one of the most powerful storms ever recorded on land, with winds exceeding 320km/h (200 mph) unleashing massive waves. Tacloban's airport was left in ruins.
Health experts have warned that the worst-affected areas are entering a peak danger period for the spread of infectious diseases.
The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said that as of 10:00 GMT on Saturday, 3,637 people had been reported dead, 12,501 injured and 1,186 missing. The death toll is expected to rise as further assessments are made.
Source:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24972707
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