The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippine archipelago this year has left at least 375 dead and 50 others missing. Now survivors are running out of food.
The Governor of a central Philippine province devastated by Typhoon Rai last week is pleading for the government to quickly send food and other aid to prevent looting amid growing hunger.Residents in the worst-affected region of Bohol no longer have access to secure food aidThe local Governor said the President should send in the military to avoid lootings
He said many of the 1.2 million people in his island province, which remained without power and mobile phone service five days after the typhoon struck, had become increasingly desperate. Some lootings, mostly of small merchandise stores, had occurred, Mr Yap said, adding the situation remained under control.
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