As US forces arrive in Iloilo for humanitarian mission
Meantime, more help came to aid the region with the deployment of a US aircraft carrier and four US Navy battleships here.
An advance party of American forces went with Captain Marquez yesterday to check on supplies needed by the local Philippine Red Cross chapter.
As such, Ilonggo victims of Typhoon Frank will get much-needed help from visiting American forces as four US Navy battleships and US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan were deployed to Iloilo yesterday.
Off to a humanitarian mission, the American forces will augment search, recovery and relief operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) here. Captain Marquez said that with the US aircraft carrier's arrival, Philippine Air Force efforts in relief goods distribution will greatly be enhanced.
"Now we will be able to reach isolated municipalities and villages in Western Visayas," Captain Marquez ended.