Philippines Send Aid For
Typhoon Damage
MANILA, Nov. 10 (AP) –
The Philippines Air Force ferried medical teams and relief supplies today to provinces ravaged by Typhoon Agnes. The authorities said 515people had died in the typhoon and more than 400 were missing.
An air force spokesman said more than 163 tons of food, medicine and clothing, had been sent to the Visayan region, 300 miles south of Manila, and more aid was on the way.
The typhoon hit the region Monday. The spokes-man said helicopters were rescuing people stranded by floods that remained chest deep today in some areas of Panay Inland, which appeared to have been hit the worst. Most of the fatalities and missing were on the island, where 445,000 people were hoe less.
The Philippine National Red Cross reported that 90 percent of the 86,000 houses in Capiz Province on Panay were destroyed. Many of the dead were children who drowned as 30 – foot waves smashed into coastal villages.
Philippines Send Aid ForTyphoon DamageMANILA, Nov. 10 (AP) –The Philippines Air Force ferried medical teams and relief supplies today to provinces ravaged by Typhoon Agnes. The authorities said 515people had died in the typhoon and more than 400 were missing.An air force spokesman said more than 163 tons of food, medicine and clothing, had been sent to the Visayan region, 300 miles south of Manila, and more aid was on the way.The typhoon hit the region Monday. The spokes-man said helicopters were rescuing people stranded by floods that remained chest deep today in some areas of Panay Inland, which appeared to have been hit the worst. Most of the fatalities and missing were on the island, where 445,000 people were hoe less.The Philippine National Red Cross reported that 90 percent of the 86,000 houses in Capiz Province on Panay were destroyed. Many of the dead were children who drowned as 30 – foot waves smashed into coastal villages.
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