Sun, Dec 05, 2004 - Page 5 News List

Stricken Philippines begs for help

SERIOUS CONCERNS Officials in the storm-ravaged north of the country say already small stocks of relief goods are dwindling and they need food and medicine

AP , REAL, PHILIPPINES

While Quezon province bore the brunt of the storms, about 100 people were found dead in Dumingan, about 100km northeast of Manila, Major General Romeo Tolentino told ABS-CBN TV.

It was unclear whether they died in Monday's storm or in the typhoon.

The UN sent a team of experts on Friday to help the Philippines government "in assessing the extent of the damage and coordinating the international response to the disaster," UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said in New York.

The Philippines is hit by about 20 storms and typhoons a year. A typhoon and another storm the previous week killed at least 87 people and left 80 others missing in the east.

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