Foreign governments to provide relief assistance to ‘Odette’ victims

Motorists speed past fallen coconut trees at the height of Super Typhoon Rai along a highway in Del Carmen town, Siargao island on December 20, 2021, days after Super Typhoon Rai hit the province.

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MANILA, Philippines — A number of foreign governments have vowed to provide relief assistance to victims of Super Typhoon Odette which devastated portions of Visayas and Mindanao last week.

Among them is China, whose embassy in the Philippines said has raised 20,000 food packs worth around P8 million to be distributed to areas including Cebu, Leyte, Negros Occidental, Bohol, Cagayan de Oro City, Surigao City and Negros Oriental.

Huang Xilian, Beijing’s envoy to Manila, added that 1.5 million kilograms of rice are in Cebu, while 3.225 million kilograms more are in Manila for transport to areas hit by the typhoon.

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