PHILIPPINES Volunteers Crucial to Relief Efforts
Families devastated by Typhoon Haiyan are volunteering to support aid distribution efforts in central Philippines, as communities previously cut off receive critical supplies.
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Families devastated by Typhoon Haiyan are volunteering to support aid distribution efforts in central Philippines, as communities previously cut off receive critical supplies.
GENEVA (November 15, 2013) — Amid extremely difficult circumstances, CARE’s emergency response teams are working around the clock and ramping up relief efforts to remote areas of the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.
As typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines this morning, bringing wind gusts up to 275 kilometres an hour and heavy rains, CARE and partners are on stand-by to help people in need.
Tropical Storm Washi made landfall on Dec. 16, 2011. Washi had maximum winds of 65 kph and caused heavy rainfall, flash floods and landslides.
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