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Haiyan toll climbs to 5,235 dead, 1,613 missing in the Philippines
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 23 - 11 - 2013

The death toll rose to 5,235 in the Philippines
from the strongest typhoon to make landfall, with 1,613 missing, the
government said Saturday, according to dpa.
Authorities fear the death toll from Typhoon Haiyan would still
spike as rescue teams find more bodies while clearing debris from the
November 8 storm.
Most of the fatalities - 4,919 people - were from the Eastern
Visayas region which bore the brunt of the storm's fury, with cities
and towns flattened.
Another 316 were killed in central and southern provinces also
battered by Haiyan, according to the national disaster relief agency.
More than 4.2 million people were displaced by the typhoon, which
destroyed or damaged more than 1 million houses. Damage to
infrastructure and agriculture has been estimated to be at least
22.47 billion pesos (522.55 million dollars).
The government and international donors launched a massive relief
effort to help the affected people, and authorities said Friday that
the aid response was improving.
But UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos stressed that the relief
effort must be sustained, and announced that a flash appeal for aid
was raised from 301 million dollars to 348 million dollars.
"Much more needs to be done," she said in New York. "Families who
have lost their homes will need substantial longer-term support from
the international community to ensure they have the means to rebuild
their houses."
Amos also expressed concern that 1.5 million children are at risk
of acute malnutrition and narly 800,000 pregnant women and nursing
mothers need nutritional help.
"People living with chronic disease, and other vulnerable groups,
need medication and specialist care," she added.
The government created a task force to oversee the rehabilitation
and reconstruction of the affected areas. It plans to submit a
supplemental budget of 14 billion pesos for the programme.
On Friday, the World Bank offered 480 million dollars in
additional financial assistance for the reconstruction effort. It
earlier announced a 500-million-dollar emergency loan for
rehabilitation.
The Asian Development Bank said it was prepared to provide 500
million dollars in emergency loan for the reconstruction, while the
European Union pledged 10 million dollars to help rehabilitate
devastated communities.


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