國際社會加緊救援菲律賓颱風災區

The Pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier as part of U.S. efforts to accelerate aid to the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines, where 10,000 people are feared dead and many More displaced.

Some of the affected areas had still not been reached Tuesday, four days after Typhoon Haiyan plowed through the remote island region with historically powerful winds and tsunami-like waves.

The U.N. estimates 660,000 people were displaced by the storm. Many have no access to food, water or medicine and there have been reports of widespread looting in Tacloban, the worst-hit city.

International relief efforts have begun to pick up. The U.S. on Monday announced it is providing $20 million in humanitarian aid. It is also sending the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier with 5,000 sailors and more than 80 aircraft on board.美國國防部派遣一艘航空母艦，加緊援助遭到颱風侵襲的菲律賓中部地區，當地可能有多達一萬人死於風災，並有很多人無家可歸。

星期二，救災人員仍無法進入一些災區。四天前，颱風“海燕”橫掃菲律賓中部地區。“海燕”是自有記錄以來最猛烈的颱風，掀起的海浪如同海嘯。

聯合國估計無家可歸的災民多達66萬。很多人得不到食物、水和藥品。有報道說，災情最重的獨魯萬市出現廣泛的搶劫行爲。

國際社會開始加緊救援行動。美國星期一宣佈，將提供2千萬美元人道援助。美國還派出“喬治·華盛頓號”航空母艦參與救災，這艘航母載有5千名軍人和80多架飛機。