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Hopes fade for Philippine villagers, 1,800 feared dead
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-18 22:14

LONG ROAD FOR RELIEF

The Philippines is hit by about 20 typhoons each year, with residents and environmental groups often blaming illegal logging or mining for making natural disasters worse.

A series of storms in late 2004 left about 1,800 people dead or presumed dead northeast of Manila. On Leyte island in 1991, more than 5,000 died in floods triggered by a typhoon.

The victims of a mudslide are lined up on the ground in the remote farming village of Guinsaugon, near Saint Bernard town, in southern Leyte province, central Philippines February 18, 2006. Hopes faded on Saturday for some 1,800 people in a central Philippine village engulfed by a torrent of mud and rock when a rain-soaked mountain collapsed on homes and a crowded school.
The victims of a mudslide are lined up on the ground in the remote farming village of Guinsaugon, near Saint Bernard town, in southern Leyte province, central Philippines February 18, 2006. Hopes faded on Saturday for some 1,800 people in a central Philippine village engulfed by a torrent of mud and rock when a rain-soaked mountain collapsed on homes and a crowded school. [Reuters]
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo gathered all state agencies involved in disaster operations and said her priorities were to rescue the living, recover the dead and rebuild the community.

"I call on each Filipino to pray for the victims and the survivors," Arroyo said in a statement. "It breaks my heart to think of those precious schoolchildren whose innocence and hope have been so tragically snuffed out."

C-130 transport planes carried supplies to Tacloban's airport, leaving military trucks to make at least a six-hour trip to Guinsaugon with medicine, rice and clothes from UNICEF and USAID.

The United Nations said it was sending a team to help determine emergency needs and was making an immediate grant of $50,000 as part of the international response.

The International Federation of the Red Cross said it feared the death toll would be high. It was sending trauma kits, other relief goods and about $150,000 in initial aid.

The United States sent two naval vessels with 17 helicopters and nearly 1,000 soldiers, already in the Philippines for annual military exercises, to the coastal area.

Australia offered A$1 million ($740,000) to help evacuate survivors, set up shelters and provide emergency items.


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