More than 1,500 tonnes of relief sent to Typhoon Haiyan victims


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More than 1,500 tonnes of relief has been sent to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines from Dubai.

Supplies were sent from a warehouse in International Humanitarian City on Tuesday, reported the state news agency Wam.

Since Typhoon Haiyan struck on November 8, the warehouse has been a repository of emergency aid.

An aircraft from Dubai has delivered relief items to Cebu, Manila, Leyte and Tacloban, where operational hubs have been set up to arrange distribution.

The Dubai global logistics office of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies dispatched two Boeing 747s to Cebu financed by the British Department for International Development.

They transported rescue vehicles, tarpaulins, hygiene parcels and fuel containers worth Dh2.1 million.

Another Boeing 747 left on Monday with 357 cubic metres and 51 tonnes of rescue vehicles, hygiene parcels and fuel cans worth Dh1.45m.

The Dubai supply office of the UN Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also sent six emergency flights from Dubai World Central, Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports to the Philippines.

They took more than 600 tonnes of relief supplies and five vehicles with communication equipment valued at more than Dh14m .

UNCHR field staff are distributing the relief to typhoon survivors in Tacloban’s San Jose and Bagacay areas, and in Tanuaan.

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