Starvation Adds Threat to Philippines Storm Survivors

Mission News Network reports that as typhoon victims recover from last week's storm, they must face a devastated harvest. According to Debbie Toribio with Food For The Hungry, the typhoon "devastated our agriculture. The province that was hit by the second typhoon is our rice granary. It's really bad because there will be a rice shortage." The group has mobilized partner churches to clean up the affected areas and aid injured victims, and is bringing in short-term supplies. Long-term needs will be harder to meet. "Most of the people are still needing food and other non-food items," Toribio said. "Some areas are still flooded up to the waist-level. Many people could not really work, and the spread of disease is starting."