An update post on the UK’s response to Typhoon Haiyan
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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/arrival-of-c-130-aircraft-to-get-aid-to-cut-off-areas
Lusty has just left singapore on her way to the disaster area.
That’s quite a trek from the western IO.
@ Mark
Amazing article about the C130. The amazing bit is at the bottom where its says the DFID are actually paying for it. Wonder how many girls schools they will have to close for that one.
@TD – Splendid collection of pictures and links. It’s good to know you can count on the international community in a crisis. Oh, look whose decided to pitch in:
http://www.informationdissemination.net/2013/11/chine-sends-hospital-ship-peace-ark-to.html
A summary from @CIGeography :
Wise, be fair, the Chinese are caught between a rock and a hard place. They don’t help, the international community criticises them, they help, their own people will give them a hard time. No win situation for them. And the typhoon did clip a chunk of Chinese territory too, which means that they had their own mess to sort out.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/10977159024/sizes/l/
Saw that earlier AS, was just wondering what those RN ships were, not sure the silhouettes are right!