菲律賓政府爲其救災工作辯護

The Philippine government is defending its efforts to deliver assistance to victims of Typhoon Haiyan, many of whom have received little or no assistance since the deadly storm struck a week ago.

Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said Friday that in a situation like this, nothing is fast enough. Speaking in the city of devasted city of Tacloban, he said that the need is massive, immediate and not everyone can be reached.

Disaster relief chief, Eduardo del Rosario, told reporters Friday that the official death toll from the storm has risen to 3,621.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy launched a huge relief operation Thursday.

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington and a contingent of seven supply ships began delivering water and emergency rations to Tacloban. The giant hospital ship USS Mercy also is making emergency preparations to depart the United States, and is expected to join the emergency flotilla within weeks, along with the British carrier HMS Illustrious.菲律賓政府爲其救援颱風“海燕”災民的努力進行辯護。這場致命風暴侵襲菲律賓的一星期後，很多災民只得到極少救助，或根本得不到救援。

菲律賓內政部長羅哈斯星期五說，面對如此局面，無論行動怎樣迅速都是不夠的。羅哈斯在災情慘重的塔克洛班市說，災民馬上需要大量救助，但救援物資還不能進入所有災區。

菲律賓救災事務主管羅薩里奧星期五對記者說，官方統計的風災死亡人數已經上升到3621人。

與此同時，美國海軍星期四展開大規模救援行動。美國航空母艦“喬治•華盛頓號”以及七艘補給艦開始向塔克洛班運送水和緊急救災物資。此外，大噸位醫療艦“仁慈號”也在緊急準備駛離美國，預計將在數星期內與英國航母“光輝號”一道加入救援艦羣。