Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America, im morgan radford. Relief efforts are picking up nine days after typhoon haiyan struck the philippines. More than 3,600 died. Those who survived are finally getting the help that they need. Food, water and medical supplies have started getting to areas that were completely cut off by the storm. The u. S. Military is now dropping food and water to survivors in the area. But more than 1,000 people are still missing. Some 4 Million People are homeless. For the latest we are going to talk about talk to craig leeson, who is standing by in the philippines. First lets tell you about an attack in afghanistan where more than 2,000 afghan elders will meet in kabul. Theyll vote on the future of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. The u. S. Is trying to hammer out an agreement to keep forces on the ground beyond 2014. That effort was dealt a blow on saturday after suicide bomb attack killed six people. Jane ferguson reports from kabul. It was an attack on the
Strips him of his powers. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie si, its one of the worst lateseason storms to hit americas heart land in decades spreading death and destruction across 12 states, in a few hours on sunday 75 tornados ripped through the midwest with winds approaching 200 miles per hour. Some of the hardest hit areas were in illinois where the governor declared a state of emergency in 7 counties monday. Emergency officials are still assessing the damage. They say its still not safe to go back into the most devastated areas. 8 people were killed, 6 in illinois and two in michigan. Thousands across the region are starting down the long road to recovery now and al jazeera and did has details. Reporter from the air the damage is easy to see, miles of flattened areas where homes once stood. On the ground a devastating sight for hundreds of residents standing in front of debris where they used to live. Its just hard to believe. Its almost like can i wake u
People are missing in the philippines. Its been a week since super typhoon haiyan ravage the the country. Food and medicine are arriving in the devastated communities, aids groups say they face huge challenges getting help to people in remote areas. U. S. Military say its rescued 3,000 people and delivered more than 100 tops of food, water and other supplies to hardest hit and isolated towns. International humanitarian groups are on the ground giving medical help to survivors. We turn to craig leeson at cebu. Hopefully you are there still. Do you feel like help is getting to the people who need it . Early Morning Light filters to the deck of the mv gemini6. It fails to make the sleeping crew. Theyve been up most of the night loading supplies for a rescue mission, bringing relief aid to a Remote Island of bantayan off the northern sip of cebu. It was one of a dozen islands to be decimated by typhoon haiyan. I can only imagine what the people have been experiencing, and other suffering,
Tonight hope is beginning to reach the far corners of the philippines, coming too late for many, and more than 1,000 people are missing from typhoon haiyan. Our craig leeson is live at the airport in cebu. Craig, in you can, describe to us the relief effort. To you feel help is getting to the people who need it . Well, certainly in the most immediate areas, the epicentre of where the typhoon struck in leyte, tacloban, we are seeing a flood of International Relief come in here at the cebu air force base. Thats been taken straight to tacloban, where its being distributed. What we are getting now is a bulge effect. More is coming in, it hits these areas and bulges out into the more remote areas, which then goes into a trickle. We have seen the u. S. Navy fly into gihan, taking evacuees from other islands bringing them into a base and bringing in food to that area. Up until this point it has not received it. That copped the brunt of the storm on the east coast, the first place that the tid
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