300,000 still homeless after Bopha
- Published: 21 Dec 2012 at 21.46
- Online news: Asia
Some 300,000 people remain homeless in the Philippines following a deadly typhoon earlier this month, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said Friday.
Destroyed houses on December 10, 2012 in the town of Boston in the Philippines' Davao Oriental province after Typhoon Bopha hit. Some 300,000 people remain homeless in the Philippines following a deadly typhoon earlier this month, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said Friday.
The IFRC said urgent humanitarian assistance was needed to help around 200,000 of those affected by Typhoon Bopha -- the deadliest storm to have struck the Philippines this year, killing more than 1,000 across the archipelago.
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