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Norelieffor
thevictims
of Haiyan
USMarinesandinternationalaid
agenciesareontheground,butmany
remotecommunitiesstillawaitaid
SusanMorrell
inthePhilippines
O
neweekaftertyphoonHai-
yan devastated the central
Visayas region of the Phil-
ippines, relief aid is finally
reaching the areas where it
is needed most.
Thecategory5super-typhoonflattened
villagesandkilledthousands-theexact
figure yet unknown but latest estimates
are at 4,460 - as 200mph winds and a
six-metrehighstormsurgewashedaway
entire villages and destroyed the lives of
countlessfamiliesintheworsthitareas.
InTacloban,provincialcapitalofstorm
ravagedLeyteProvince,thousandshave
beenqueuingupfordaystoreceivemed-
icine,food,waterandtarpaulinsfortem-
poraryshelters-suppliesthatuntilnow
simply had not arrived.
Last Friday, aid was at last trickling in
to Tacloban and some of the other dev-
astated areas. The degree of devastation
in some remote regions is still yet to be
fully understood.
In one town alone, Palo in Leyte, at
least 800 deaths have been recorded so
far and 500 of those bodies have been
buried without forensic identification.
Some of the most remote communities,
includingthoseinSamarprovince,where
the storm first made landfall, remain
cut off. Deaths in those areas have not
been included in the official death toll,
whichkeepschangingduetodifficulties
incollatingfiguresfromthevariousstorm
struckareas.Somearespeculatingthatas
many as 10,000 could be declared dead
once all areas have been reached.
While the arrival of international aid
groups and urgently needed supplies is
welcome, there are many who feel it is
coming too late.
President Benigno Aquino’s govern-
menthascomeunderfire,fromthePhil-
ippinepublicandinternationalmedia,for
its slow response to the disaster. Relief
supplies are said to have been ready to
beshippedtothoseinneedimmediately
afterthestormstruck,butdisorganisation
has hampered efforts.
Interior secretary Mar Roxas said in a
televised interview that his department
has access to just eight military vehicles
to be used for aid delivery.
JournalistAuroraAlmendral,reporting
from Tacloban, described the scene as
“hell on earth’’.
"There’s rubble everywhere and the
smell of dead bodies, under the rubble
and on the sides of the road with just a
bed sheet thrown over them,’’ she told
TheSundayBusinessPost.“Bodiesliebloated
inthesunandpeoplehavenochoicebut
to live among them.”
AteamfromManilacollectedapprox-
imately 100 bodies last Friday from the
badlydamagedSanJoseneighbourhood
of Tacloban. Still, the flow of relief “has
been painfully slow’’.
Theoutbreakofdiseases,suchasteta-
nus,choleraandleptospirosis,nowposes
a serious threat to those who managed
to survive the fierce storm. The threat
Zosimo Moabando sits with his young
grandson, Kyle, on the roof of their
damaged house in the devastated town
of Tanuan, south of Tacloban in the
Philippines. Picture: Kevin Frayer/Getty
of lawlessness, looting and rape is also
a worry expressed by groups like the
UNHCR.
Sonny Coloma, secretary of the Pres-
idential Communications Operations
Office (PCOO), has said the country is
in“astateofnationalcalamity’’,notmar-
tial law, as has been reported in Leyte
Province.
The erection of security checkpoints
andanincreasedmilitarypresencehave
bothbeguntoaddressfearsofcrimeand
violence in areas where infrastructure
no longer exists. In some communities,
police officers are among the victims.
According to Almendral, the looting
appears to have abated, most likely be-
cause there simply isn’t anything left to
take.
Survivorscontendwithopenwounds
andseriousillnesswithoutpropermed-
ical care. Makeshift hospitals have been
setuptodealwithsurvivorswithinjuries
andillness,butthereisverylittleshelter
and even fewer medical supplies.
Local news has reported numerous
pregnantwomengivingbirthamongthe
rubble,inmakeshiftshelters,wherede-
composing cadavers are piled nearby.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council (NDRRMC) chief
EduardodelRosariosaidthatthegovern-
mentsimplywasunpreparedforthescale
ofdevastationleftbythesuper-typhoon.
HetoldthePhilippineStarnewspaper:
“Wehaveaconcretesystem(ontyphoon
preparednessandresponse).Wesimply
cannot prepare for such overwhelming
magnitude.’’
Logistical issues, such as a scarcity of
fuel, have severely delayed the distri-
bution of aid. A medical field team was
stranded for two days at the decimated
TaclobanAirport,beforefinallymanaging
to reach those in need last Thursday.
Almendral said that as of last Friday,
USMarinesandseveralinternationalaid
organisations were on the ground in the
city. Elsewhere, military and medical
personnel from around the globe were
makingtheirwaytostormravagedcom-
munities.
Médecins Sans Frontieres is currently
working to reach those in the most re-
mote regions, which are often the last
to receive aid. Assessment team leader
Alexis Moens spoke from Guiuan, a vil-
lage of 45,000 in eastern Samar, where
Haiyanfirstmadelandfall.“Thesituation
here is bleak,’’ Moens said. “The village
hasbeenflattened.Peoplearelivingout
intheopen;therearenoroofsleftstand-
ing in the whole of Guiuan.’’
Alocalsportscentreinthetown,which
was being used as a shelter during the
storm,wasleftasapileofrubble.Inside,
12 people died.
In an area where natural disasters are
a normal part of life, the sheer strength
ofHaiyan-fivetimesstrongerthanHur-
ricane Sandy which struck the eastern
US last year - has shocked the country.
The Philippines is affected by an av-
erage of 20 typhoons a year, with seven
major storms to strike the country in
Octoberalone.Adevastatingearthquake
rockedtheislandofBohol,intheVisayas,
just last month, complicating recovery
efforts there. Another earthquake mea-
suring 4.8 occurred in Bohol just days
after Haiyan hit.
Thoseabletofleethedisasterzonehave
made their way to neighbouring island
Cebu and the country’s capital, Manila,
in the Luzon region. Upon arrival, many
survivorshavenowheretogo.Meanwhile,
thousandsinManilaarefranticallytrying
toreachlovedonesinthestorm-battered
Visayasregion.Communicationswithin
the regions are still poor.
Wesimplycannot
prepareforsuch
overwhelming
magnitude