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November 18, 2013

Over 4 Million Displaced From Typhoon Haiyan 
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Relief efforts continue in the Philippines 10 days after Typhoon Haiyan.
The United Nations says some four million people have been displaced, up
from 900,000 last week. The toll of the dead or missing stands at around
5,000. In the devastated city of Tacloban, homeless residents continue
to gather at the city's airport in the hopes of being able to flee.

Aika: "There is no food, no shelter, and we could have a, we could be
sick here, because of the air, because of the dead."

Ajustin Cabidog: "We have been here since yesterday early morning, we
have nothing to eat and we're struggling and we don't have any energy."

Some 56,000 people are said to face unsanitary conditions in Tacloban.
Fears, meanwhile, are growing for residents of remote islands that have
yet to be reached since the typhoon hit.

 

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