Relief Efforts Push Ahead for Philippines after Deadly Storm
11/13/2013
Typhoon victims queue for free rice at a businessman's warehouse in Tacloban city, which was battered by Typhoon Haiyan, in central Philippines. Nov. 12, 2013.
Welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English! I’m Mario Ritter.
Today we turn to the Philippines, where a powerful storm left a path of destruction. Typhoon Haiyan left hundreds of thousands of people in need of food, water, shelter and medical care.
Also today, we hear about conflicting territorial claims to the South China Sea. And later, we report on changes in the housing market in the United States.
Relief Efforts Develop For Victims of Typhoon Haiyan
But first, more on Typhoon Haiyan. As you may know, the typhoon struck the central Philippines last Friday. Haiyan has been called the most powerful storm ever to strike land. As many as 10,000 people are missing and feared dead.
A woman survivor of Typhoon Haiyan weeps as she holds her daughter while waiting for her turn to get on a U.S. Air Force plane to leave for the capital city of Manila, at the airport in Tacloban.
The United Nations says 660,000 others were displaced The UN is asking for 300 million dollars in aid for recovery efforts. American President Barack Obama has promised “significant” humanitarian aid. The United States and Australia have deployed workers and supplies to the city of Tacloban in Leyte Province.The US Defense Department says the aircraft carrier USS George Washington has been sent to the area to support recovery efforts. For more on the story, listen to VOA news at the top of the hour, Universal Time.
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