UNICEF Prepares for Second Super-Typhoon Set to Hit Philippines This Weekend

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Richard Alleyne, U.S. Fund for UNICEF, +1-212-880-9177, +1-917-509-7742, ralleyne@unicefusa.org Over 1 million children already affected in the region MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — UN children's agency, UNICEF, is pre-positioning people and supplies to prepare for typhoon Pepeng/Parma, forecasted to hit the already battered islands of the Philippines this weekend. The agency has staff on standby in North Luzon, and emergency family kits ready to be distributed to those displaced by the massive storm. By current forecasts, Manila is also set to receive heavy rains, further endangering those families whose homes were underwater only a…

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UNICEF Prepares for Second Super-Typhoon Set to Hit Philippines This Weekend

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