ENG 4339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Burj Khalifa, Willis Tower, Anthony Wood
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Philippines typhoon: president lowers death toll estimate http://www. bbc. co. uk/news/world-asia-24920250. The president of the philippines, benigno aquino, says the death toll from friday"s typhoon may be lower than first thought. The number 10. 000, which, he mentioned earlier, was too high. Still there are 11 million alone who have been affected and the damage is out of control. Despite the increased aid effort, many survivors are still in need of food, water and shelte(cid:396). Lo(cid:272)al (cid:396)eside(cid:374)ts (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t help (cid:271)ut (cid:373)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374) the fa(cid:272)t that help is (cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g to slo(cid:449) a(cid:374)d that they are in need of more aid. The un already has released million for immediate action but announces the need for a total of million. Because of the chaotic situation the security situation is changing. People are doing anything to keep from starving and grocery stores are being robbed as a result of that. A much more disturbing example is the death of two people transporting supplies.
