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At the onset of tropical storm Paeng -international name, Nalgae - Save the Children Philippines immediately deployed humanitarian response teams on Friday 28 October, to conduct rapid assessment on impacted areas in Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Bicol, Eastern Samar, Panay Island, and the.
Cover image of families on Mango Island in the Ha apai group waiting for help after the tsunami hit and destroyed every home. Photo credit: Piokalafi Faka’osi - As communication with Tonga is slowly restored, the devastation to the small island nation is becoming more apparent. So far the oficial fatality number remains at three and Digicel has been able to restore limited international voice and text connectivity via a satellite connection. US cable company SubCom has advised that the best case scenario is four weeks for the cable to be repaired, with the repair ship expected to arrive in Tonga
via Radio New Zealand Three shipping containers are being set up at Auckland s Mt Smart Stadium to be filled with donations for Tonga today. The Aotearoa Tonga Relief Committee is organising the relief effort and plans to collect and ship food and emergency supplies donated mainly by people with family of those living in Tonga. People can donate food and emergency supplies at Mt Smart stadium from 9am to 8pm on Friday and Saturday. Priority will be given to people with family in Tonga, with each family being allocated a 44-gallon drum to send.