9:07 am | Monday, December 9th, 2013
United Nations Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos. AP FILE PHOTO
CANBERRA, Australia – The United Nations humanitarian chief said she is investigating reports that aid has yet to reach remote parts of the Philippines a month after a devastating typhoon.
Valerie Amos, who is in Australia for aid talks with the government, said on Monday that she is still hearing “worrying reports in the media … where people said they hadn’t received any aid as yet.”
Typhoon”Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) and its tsunami-like storm surge plowed through coastal areas of the Philippines on Nov. 8, leaving over 5,700 dead.
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