Helicopters and personnel are being deployed to deliver about 3,000 food packs and relief goods to isolated towns, as residents in some areas continued to camp in open spaces and plead for more help.
Philippine authorities have airlifted supplies to districts that have been cut off since a powerful earthquake struck the main island of Luzon this week, as residents pleaded for food and temporary shelter.The military deployed helicopters to distribute relief goods to seven isolated towns in Abra provinceThe magnitude 7.
Around 3,000 food packs were airlifted to the communities, Social Welfare Ministry spokesperson Romel Lopez told DZMM radio station. In Abra's Bucloc town — which was cut off until Thursday evening — residents were worried about more landslides due to aftershocks and rain, former mayor Gybel Cardenas told Reuters.
Families, including children, were sheltering under torn tarpaulins, exposing them to the rains, the caller said."Many families are trying to fit into makeshift tents. Adults sleep while seated while children cry during aftershocks," resident Leonora Baruela told DZMM.
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