MANILA — Relief supplies are getting to a larger number of survivors in the typhoon-stricken central Philippines, but there are still challenges. The government has confirmed more than 3,600 deaths. Aid workers say there are visible signs that food and water are getting to people in need in the hardest hit parts of the central provinces. Sunday, the government said it delivered about 115,000 food packages the previous day, a significant jump from the 45,000 it passed out Friday.
Many of the packages filled with rice and canned goods have been going to Tacloban, the hard-hit city of 220,000, which has so far posted the most deaths. People there had been suffering as trucks bearing food and water could not get through for days on roads clogged with debris.
Many of the packages filled with rice and canned goods have been going to Tacloban, the hard-hit city of 220,000, which has so far posted the most deaths. People there had been suffering as trucks bearing food and water could not get through for days on roads clogged with debris.
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Villagers stranded by last week's Typhoon Haiyan scramble for aid from a U.S. Navy Sea Hawk helicopter from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the coastal town of Tanawan, Philippines, Nov. 17. 2013.
- Spanish emergency team members unload aid relief for Typhoon Haiyan victims as they arrive at the airport in Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 17, 2013.
- A soldier carries a baby to board a U.S. C-130 military transport plane at the damaged Tacloban airport, Tacloban city, Philippines, Nov. 17, 2013.
- Sailors load fresh water onto an MH-60S Seahawk on the flight deck of the USS George Washington to be delivered ashore in support of Operation Damayan, Nov. 16, 2013. (U.S. Navy)
- An Aviation Boatswain's Mate passes a container of fresh water for loading onto helicopters to be delivered ashore on the USS George Washington in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 16, 2013. (U.S. Navy)
- An Aviation Boatswain's Mate secures the launch bar of a C-2 Greyhound carrying fresh water and other supplies on the flight deck of the USS George Washington in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 16, 2013. (U.S. Navy)
- Sailors aboard the USS George Washington load containers of water onto an MH-60S Seahawk, Nov. 15, 2013. (U.S. Navy)
- Navy Sea Hawk helicopter takes off from Tacloban airport, Leyte province, Philippines, Nov.16, 2013.
- A Philippines Marine stands guard at the village of Guiuan, Eastern Samar Province, Nov. 15, 2013. (U.S. Navy)
- A Philippine Marine sits in the shade after completing a patrol of Guiuan, Eastern Samar Province, Nov. 15, 2013. (U.S. Navy)
