#TyphoonHaiyan: #Disasters #Emergency Committee launches #appeal - #liveupdates • #DEC compares the #destruction to the #BoxingDay #tsunami • #US and #UK send warships to #help the #reliefeffort • #Fury in the Philippines at #slow #response to the #disaster Buildings and roads are left #destroyed after the #fatal typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines. The death toll is expected to rise to 10,000 and the #UnitedNations says around 600,000 #people are left #without #homes. One woman recalls how she let go of her daughter as they were trying to #escape 34m ago #RedCross appeal The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has launched an appeal for $94.6m (£59.2m) to help some of the estimated 10 million people affected by the Typhoon. Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross warned: It will be a long road to recovery.” The Red Cross said the money will provide 100,000 families with food, clean water, shelter and other essential relief over the next 18 months. Volunteer workers of the Red Cross Society of Taiwan in Taipei carrying relief goods destined for the Philippines. Volunteer workers of the Red Cross Society of Taiwan in Taipei carrying relief goods destined for the Philippines. Photograph: Red Cross Society of Taiwan/AFP/Getty Images Updated 34m ago 58m ago Summary Welcome to the Guardians live coverage of the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. International relief efforts are being stepped up as the the scale of the disaster in the Philippines becomes more apparent. Heres a summary of the latest developments: • Britains Disasters and Emergency Committee has launched an urgent humanitarian appeal to help the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan. The committee, representing 14 British aid agencies, said eyewitnesses have compared the worst affected areas to the devastation left by the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. • Britain and the US are sending warships to help relief efforts in the Philippines. David Cameron said HMS Daring, which carries equipment to make drinking water from seawater, would provide humanitarian assistance and flights from its onboard helicopter. Britain has swiftly ratcheted up its response to the devastating typhoon Haiyan, bringing its contribution since the disaster struck to £10m. The United States is sending the USS George Washington aircraft carrier and other ships • The UNs aid chief Valerie Amos is heading for the Philippines to launch a flash appeal after the UN released an initial $25m in aid. Amos said: agencies and humanitarian partners are working hard to support the Government and local authorities in their efforts to help people. We have deployed specialist teams, vital logistics support and dispatched critical supplies - but we have to do more and faster.” • The Guardians Kate Hodal has a disturbing account of the devastation in Leyte where survivors are desperate for food, water and medicine. Survivors staggered up and down Taclobans streets on foot, by motorcycle, in vehicles with blown out windows and windshields, or by rickshaw, often carrying various goods like fuel, water or rice. Many of them beg for supplies. With no power and no communications available in the city, residents are desperate to get the word out to their loved ones that they are safe but in need of supplies. theguardian/world/2013/nov/12/typhoon-haiyan-disasters-emergency-committee-launches-appeal-live-updates?guni=Network%20front:network-front%20main-2%20Special%20trail:Network%20front%20-%20special%20trail:Position1:sublinks
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