Rescuers struggle to save typhoon victims By Mario J. Mallari 11/03/2011

Rescuers struggle to save typhoon victims

By Mario J. Mallari 11/03/2011

The government continued to struggle to cope with the havoc wrought by two powerful typhoons in Central Luzon region as the military yesterday appealed for more equipment to boost the ongoing massive rescue and relief operations in Pampanga and Bulacan.

Typhoon “Quiel” blew out of the Philippines last Saturday after a six-hour rampage across Luzon, bringing fresh troubles for more than a million people still affected by Typhoon “Pedring” which struck five days earlier.

The two typhoons were among the most powerful to have struck the country this year, with their massive rain bands covering most of Luzon.

Quiel soaked the Cordillera mountain range, and water cascading from the slopes was expected to further swell tributaries and rivers in the flood-prone Central Luzon plains, including Calumpit in Bulacan, before draining into Manila Bay..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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