The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has flown 34,423 kg. of
emergency supplies and equipment to Typhoon 'Ferdie'-ravaged Batanes Island
The supplies were carried by one Lockheed C-130 Hercules
cargo aircraft and one Airbus Military 295 medium transport, Air Force
spokesperson Col. Araus Robert Musico said in an interview with the Philippines
News Agency (PNA) Thursday.
Relief flights took place over the weekend, he added.
Musico said the C-130 transported 32,200 kg. and the C-295,
2,223 kg. of relief goods and equipment.
More goods will be flown if needed, he said.
The Air Force currently has four C-130 and three C-295
aircraft in its fleet.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
(NDRRMC) earlier announced that it is focusing on early recovery operations in Batanes Island
"There is now an ongoing coordination with the Regional
DRRMC (Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council) for the formation of a
Post-Disaster Needs Analysis Team to be deployed to Batanes," NDRRMC
executive director Ricardo Jalad said.
A psychosocial stress debriefing team had left for Batanes
Tuesday to help typhoon victims traumatized by Typhoon Ferdie.
Jalad also said that power and communication lines knocked
down during the storm are being restored.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=925160
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