Manila,nov,10(AP)- The Philippines Air force ferried medical teams and relief supplied
today to provinces ravaged by Typhoon Agnes. The authorities said 515 people had died in the
typhoon and more than 400 were missing.
An air force spokesman said more than 163 tons of food, medicines and clothing had
been sent to the Visayan region, 300 miles south of Manila, and m ore aid was on the way.
The typhoon hit the region Monday.
The spokesman said helicopters were rescuing people stranded by flood they remained
cheat-deep today in some areas of Panay island, which appeared to have been hit the worst.
Most of the fatalities and missing on the island, where 444,000 people were homeless.
The Philippine National Red Cross reported that 60 percent of the 86,000 houses in
Capiz provinces on Panay were destroyed. Many of the dead were children who drowned in 30
foot waves smashed into coastal villages.
Manila,nov,10(AP)- The Philippines Air force ferried medical teams and relief supplied
today to provinces ravaged by Typhoon Agnes. The authorities said 515 people had died in the
typhoon and more than 400 were missing.
An air force spokesman said more than 163 tons of food, medicines and clothing had
been sent to the Visayan region, 300 miles south of Manila, and m ore aid was on the way.
The typhoon hit the region Monday.
The spokesman said helicopters were rescuing people stranded by flood they remained
cheat-deep today in some areas of Panay island, which appeared to have been hit the worst.
Most of the fatalities and missing on the island, where 444,000 people were homeless.
The Philippine National Red Cross reported that 60 percent of the 86,000 houses in
Capiz provinces on Panay were destroyed. Many of the dead were children who drowned in 30
foot waves smashed into coastal villages.
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