Storms in Philippines uproot 1.7 mln people, destroy 40,000 homes

by Joseph Saraceno

PHboyBANGKOK/MANILA, Dec 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Successive storms across the Philippines, including Typhoon Melor, have temporarily uprooted 1.7 million, aid workers said, as President Benigno Aquino distributed food on Wednesday in areas hardest hit by the disaster.

At least 41 people were killed when Typhoon Melor struck central Philippines on Dec. 15, inundating villages, damaging crops and disrupting power supplies to six provinces. MORE