Search and retrieval teams in typhoon-devastated Tacloban City are in need of more K-9 units as the search for bodies feared buried under the rubble has yet to be finished.
Bureau of Fire Protection Region 8 Director Pablito Cordeta, who also heads Task Force Retrieval, said two K-9 units from the United States, 4 from The Netherlands, and 2 from South Korea are set to wrap up their work and leave the city.
Cordeta said the K-9 units are important in retrieving the bodies which are now in decomposing.
The BFP has so far retrieved 2,004 bodies in Tacloban.
A separate and official government report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said 1,932 died in Tacloban City, while 594 remain missing.
In its 6 a.m. Wednesday update, the NDRRMC said 207 more have been confirmed dead in Tacloban; 46 in the rest of Leyte province; and 7 in Eastern Samar. This brings the death toll from the typhoon to 5,500.
The death toll is expected to rise further as 1,757 remain missing: 1,668 in Leyte; 38 in Samar; 20 in Eastern Samar; 14 in Antique; 6 in Capiz; 5 in Cebu; 4 in Iloilo and 1 each in Guimaras and Capiz.
The number of injured rose to 26,136.
Wednesday 27 November 2013
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/11/27/13/search-teams-tacloban-need-k-9-units
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