Manila says needs $1 bln to rebuild typhoon areas
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The Philippines needs about 50 billion pesos ($1.01 billion) to rebuild villages and farms destroyed after four typhoons crashed into the country in the past three months, a Cabinet official said on Monday.
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Fresh rains and flooding have killed up to 16 people in the Philippines as a tropical storm worsened the death toll and damage from a weekend typhoon.
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Flood waters receded in the northern Philippines on Friday in the wake of a typhoon, but thousands of people remained cut off from help, hungry and at risk of disease after a week of severe flooding.
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Officials in the Philippines have called for international aid to help more than half a million people hit by devastating back-to-back storms.
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killed up to 600 people in a part of the northern Philippines due to be hit by a typhoon in just over 24 hours. forced to carry supplies on foot after roads were cut off and bad weather grounded rescue helicopters.
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INFANTA, Philippines  - An advance team of 40 U.S.  Marines joined relief efforts in the Philippines on Wednesday  after four deadly storms, as officials said funds were running  short to help 650,000 survivors.
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The death toll due to the landslides and floods caused by a tropical storm in the northern Philippines has risen to 74, the Philippine government said Tuesday.
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Tom Hunter is donating Â£1m to rebuild schools destroyed in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
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Losses from the wildfires ripping across Southern California have reached $1 billion, and economists said Wednesday the tally could be pushed even higher when the final costs of rebuilding and lost tourism are determined.
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The Philippines begins to clean up after a powerful typhoon, days after a storm killed more than 400 people.
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GENERAL NAKAR, Philippines  - Philippine soldiers  rushed food, drinking water and other supplies by foot and  helicopters on Sunday to provinces cut off by four storms in  two weeks that left more than 1,000 people dead or missing.
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The first batch of US marines has arrived in the Philippines to help in relief efforts following storms which have left up to 1,500 people dead or missing, a US military spokesman said.
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The Philippines thanked the U.S. military on Saturday for its help after storms and typhoons left more than 1,000 people dead and at least 550 missing.
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The business racked up nearly $1 billion in losses since 2001.
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REAL, Philippines  - Helicopters delivered food to famished survivors and picked up casualties as flash floods began to recede, revealing the magnitude of a disaster triggered by back-to-back storms that left more than 650 people dead and nearly 400 missing in the northern Philippines.
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More than 1,000 people have been killed or are missing after mudslides and flash floods devastated three coastal towns in the Philippines, a military spokesman said on Thursday.
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REAL, Philippines  - More than 1,000 people have  been killed or are missing after mudslides and flash floods  devastated three coastal towns in the Philippines, a military  spokesman said Thursday.