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Philippine archipelago
Coverage of Philippine archipelago in the Nexus archive.
- Philippine town seeks immediate airlift of food to ease hunger in quake-hit villages
The mayor of Glan in the Philippines is requesting helicopters to airlift food to landslide-isolated villages following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that caused 47 deaths, injured 688, and displaced over 45,000 people. Landslides and damaged infrastructure have hindered aid delivery, with 10 of 31 villages remaining inaccessible.