Typhoon Haiyan: UK Pledges An Extra £5m Aid

Six new British aid flights will leave the UK this week for the Philippines carrying 1,400 tents and other supplies, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced.

The flights and the investment of £5m to improve the ability of four cities in the country to withstand extreme weather events takes the UK Government's contribution to the relief effort to more than £55m.

As she toured areas devastated by typhoon Haiyan, Ms Greening said the humanitarian efforts of the UK's armed forces and the Department for International Development (DfID) were already making a difference but "we will not stop here".

People board a C-130 after leaving their homes in typhoon-battered Tacloban

She said: "In the coming months the UK will be working hard to help build a better future for all the people of the Philippines, including girls and women who are often the ones who suffer disproportionately in the wake of crises like this."

The six new aid flights arriving over the next six days will carry supplies including 22,000 plastic sheets, 23,000 tarpaulins, 3,000 cooking sets and 17,000 blankets.

HMS Daring delivered aid relief to remote Philippines islands last week

Meanwhile, Lord Ashdown has described the typhoon which hit the Philippines two weeks ago and the deadly cyclone which struck an Italian island this week as "flashes of the future".

The Liberal Democrat peer warned that failure to tackle climate change by politicians would result in natural disasters occurring with greater frequency.

Speaking on Sky News' Murnaghan programme in his capacity as president of Unicef UK, he said: "This is the most powerful typhoon hurricane ever in recorded history to hit land. Never has there been one this powerful.

Worshippers gather during Sunday Mass at Santo Nino Church in Tacloban

"Secondly, it's always the kids who suffer most, 5.5 million children are affected by this overall."

Asked whether global warming was to blame, he replied: "There are none so blind as those who will not see."

Last week HMS Daring delivered its first aid relief to remote Philippine Islands hit by Typhoon Haiyan.

After surveying an area north west of Cebu by helicopter, the Royal Navy warship dropped anchor off the coast of Guintacan, an island with a population of around 6,000.

No one had made it to the island in the 10 days since the storm battered it. Not a single building was untouched by the typhoon.

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