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Sony donates 15m to Philippines typhoon relief
2013-11-12 13:39:29| Electronics - Topix.net
"Sony Corporation today announced that Sony and its group companies will make a donation of approximately 15 million Japanese yen to help relief efforts in communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
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U.S., Britain sending warships to help Philippine relief efforts
2013-11-12 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A U.S. aircraft carrier set sail for the Philippines on Tuesday to accelerate relief efforts after a typhoon killed an estimated 10,000 people in one coastal city alone, with fears the toll could rise sharply as rescuers reach more isolated towns. The nuclear-powered USS George Washington, carrying about 5,000 sailors and more than 80 aircraft, was joined by four other U.S. Navy ships and should arrive in two to three days, the Pentagon said, confirming a Reuters report. "The weather is pretty...
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Air Charter Service commences relief efforts in typhoon-ravaged Philippines
2013-11-12 01:00:00| Airport Technology
British aircraft charter specialist Air Charter Service (ACS) has organised a number of cargo charters carrying essential aid to the typhoon-hit Philippines, in a major relief operation to help people in need of urgent aid.
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Devastation in Typhoons Path Slows Relief in Philippines
2013-11-11 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Three days after one of the most powerful storms ever to buffet the Philippines, the scale of the devastation and the desperation of the survivors were slowly coming into view. The living told stories of the dead or dying the people swept away in a torrent of seawater, the corpses strewn among the wreckage. Photos from the hard-hit city of Tacloban showed vast stretches of land swept clean of homes, and reports emerged of people who were desperate for food and water raiding aid convoys and stripping...
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Relief teams rush to typhoon-devastated Philippines
2013-11-11 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: With the vast scale of death and destruction slowly coming into focus, international relief teams rushed toward the central Philippines, where one of the strongest storms on record left bereft survivors looting food and water or scrambling for a way out. Aid agencies said they were hurrying supplies to the area hit early Friday by the typhoon. U.S. Marines were en route from bases in Okinawa, Japan, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel directed the Pacific Command to deploy helicopters, logistics...
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