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Aid agencies however say that food and supplies are reaching many survivors but there are still enormous logistical problems

Response to Philippines typhoon attacked by GOAL

The CEO of the charity GOAL has said the failure to meet the UN call for funding to alleviate the effects of Typhoon Hayian in the Philippines is very frustrating.

News • 17 Nov 13

Bodies are lined up in body bags on the roadside as members of the fire department retrieve bodies from the rubble in Tacloban City

Relief effort picks up in the Philippines

Hundreds of international aid workers have set up makeshift hospitals and trucked in supplies to the Philippines, one week after a powerful typhoon struck.

News • 16 Nov 13

US aircraft and personnel have arrived in the Philippines to help with the relief effort

US effort boosts Philippines relief operation

A US aircraft carrier has arrived off the coast of the Philippines to help co-ordinate the international rescue and relief effort.

News • 14 Nov 13

A young boy views the destruction in Tacloban, which bore the brunt of the typhoon

Death toll after Typhoon Haiyan revised downwards

The UN said the scale of the humanitarian disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan will require a huge international response, as Philippines President Benigno Aquino said the death toll is likely to be closer to 2,000 or 2,500.

News • 12 Nov 13

Filipino children stand in the rubble of houses in the devastated town of Hernani, Eastern Samar province

State of national calamity declared after typhoon

Dazed survivors begged for help after the super typhoon Haiyan killed an estimated 10,000 people in the central Philippines as President Benigno Aquino declared a state of national calamity.

News • 12 Nov 13

Haiphong disaster prevention centre in Vietnam immediately began an emergency response to evacuate residents while monitoring the water level around the city

Irish Government to provide €1m aid to Philippines

The Government has announced €1m in emergency funding towards the relief effort in the Philippines following the widespread destruction and loss of life caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

News • 11 Nov 13

A resident walks past high waves pounding the sea wall in strong winds in the city of Legaspi, south of Manila

Super Typhoon Haiyan batters Philippines

The strongest typhoon in the world this year has battered the Philippines, forcing more than one million people to flee.

News • 08 Nov 13

Residents of Legazpi city in Albay province, south of Manila, are evacuated ahead of a super typhoon

Philippines braces for super typhoon

Authorities in the Philippines grounded air and sea transport and urged fishing boats to return to port, as an approaching super typhoon gathered speed.

News • 08 Nov 13

A bridge on Bohol was badly damaged in the earthquake

Death toll from Philippines quake rises to 144

The death toll from an earthquake in the Philippines has risen to 144 as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings.

News • 16 Oct 13

Rescuers try to uncover an unidentified man under slabs of cement in Cebu City

Dozens killed after earthquake hits Philippines

At least 74 people have died after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 struck islands popular with tourists in the Philippines.

Environment • 15 Oct 13

A man walks through deep floodwater in Manila, Philippines, where the typhoon has brought heavy rains

At least 20 dead as typhoon hits western Pacific

A powerful typhoon has hit Hong Kong and the southern China coast, killing at least 20 people on the mainland, crippling power lines and causing flooding and gale force winds.

News • 23 Sep 13

Emergency services struggled to deal with the floods

At least seven dead in Manila flooding

Monsoon rains reinforced by a tropical storm flooded half the Philippine capital in just 24 hours, triggering landslides and killing at least seven people.

News • 20 Aug 13

Residents commute along a flooded stretch of road during heavy rain in the suburbs of Manila

Powerful Typhoon Utor hits Philippines

A powerful typhoon has hit the Philippines, triggering landslides and floods.

News • 12 Aug 13

A sudden explosion of rocks, ash and plumes of smoke shook the mountain

Five climbers die as volcano erupts in Philippines

One of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines has erupted, killing five climbers and injuring others.

News • 07 May 13

A ransom is thought to have been paid to secure release of Australian Warren Rodwell

Australian hostage released in Philippines

Militants in the southern Philippines have released an Australian hostage who was kidnapped 15 months ago.

News • 23 Mar 13

Philippines: Law signed to allow contraception

The Philippine president has signed a law that will promote contraception, sexual education and family planning programmes vigorously opposed by the country's Roman Catholic Church.

News • 29 Dec 12

Thousands have been forced to leave their homes because of Typhoon Bopha

Philippines typhoon death toll nears 400

Rescue workers are searching through thick mud and broken homes for survivors, two days after a typhoon swept the southern Philippines.

News • 06 Dec 12

Residents gather their belongings after their house was destroyed by strong winds on the southern island of Mindanao

Typhoon kills over 280 in Philippines

The death toll from the Philippines' strongest typhoon this year has risen to over 280, with hundreds missing.

News • 05 Dec 12

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit 146km off Guiuan in Samar province

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off Philippines

An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude has struck off the Philippines damaging roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami.

News • 31 Aug 12

A resident pushes his bicycle through murky floodwaters in Quezon City in suburban Manila

Death toll rises after Philippines floods

Emergency workers and troops are rushing supplies to nearly 850,000 people displaced and marooned from deadly floods in the Philippines.

News • 08 Aug 12

Residents carry their belongings as they wade through flood waters after a river overflowed following torrential rain in Manila

Torrential rains submerge much of Manila

Torrential rains have submerged much of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas and forced nearly 270,000 people to flee their homes.