Philippines delivers air aid to areas cut off since earthquake

BUCKLOCK, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine authorities on Friday airlifted supplies to areas cut off since a strong earthquake hit the main island of Luzon this week, with residents demanding food and temporary shelter.

The army said it deployed personnel and helicopters to distribute relief items to seven isolated towns in Abra governorate.

Some 3,000 food packages have been airlifted to local communities, Rommel Lopez, a spokesperson for the Social Welfare Ministry, told DZMM radio station.

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Residents were still camping in parks and open spaces in some areas, with their nerves frayed by aftershocks from the regular quake since Wednesday’s 7.1-magnitude quake that killed six people and injured more than 270 in the northern part of Luzon.

Former mayor Jebel Cardenas told Reuters in the town of Poklok in Abra, which was isolated until Thursday evening, residents are worried about more landslides due to the aftershocks and rain.

The state disaster agency said the quake destroyed nearly 1,600 homes and about 100 pieces of infrastructure, noting that more than 1,000 aftershocks with a magnitude of 1.5-5.4 have been recorded so far.

“Our problem is that we haven’t received any help yet. We need food, milk, water and medicine,” Jamalia Dimapao, a resident of the town of Bangweed in Abra, told DZMM radio.

Dimapao said families, including children, were sheltering under torn tarpaulins, exposing them to rain.

In the town of Lagangilang, also in Abra, residents requested temporary shelter and food.

“Many families are trying to acclimatize in makeshift tents. The adults sleep while they sit while the children cry during the aftershocks,” Leonora Baruela, a resident of the area, told DZMM.

Abra, an area of ​​rugged valleys and mountains inhabited by approximately 250,000 people, has been responsible for most of the reported landslides and damaged roads since the earthquake.

The Philippines is prone to natural disasters and lies on the “Ring of Fire,” a group of volcanoes and fault lines around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Earthquakes are frequent and there are an average of 20 hurricanes each year, some of which cause deadly landslides.

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Additional reporting by Neil Jerome Morales in Manila and Adrian Portugal in Poklok. Editing by Ed Davies

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