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divdiv class=story-body readability=80 span class=story-date#13; span class=date13 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time00:31 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A plane carrying humanitarian aid from the UK has arrived in the Philippines./p#13; pIt landed at midnight local time, bringing almost 9,000 shelter kits for those made homeless by Friday's devastating typhoon./p#13; pThe UK is also sending an emergency team of 12 medical staff at the request of the Philippine Department of Health./p#13; pThe stricken country's president has said the estimated death toll of 10,000 was too high, but the UN estimates 11 million have been affected in some way./p#13; pPresident Benigno Aquino says the number of people killed is more likely to be up 2,500./p#13; pMore than half a million have been displaced./p#13; pThe UK kits, which arrived at Cebu airport overnight, contain plastic sheeting, rope and rope tensioners./p#13; pThey were flown to the Philippines from UK stores in Dubai./p#13; pOfficials from the Department for International Development (DfID) said each one would keep a family of five sheltered. /p#13; pIt will be down to charity World Vision - one of 14 aid organisations that make up the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) - to distribute the kits./p#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/a!-- NEWSSPEC-3154 [start] --#13;link href=/news/special/shared/slideshow/css/slideshow.css?cachebuster=cb000000006 rel=stylesheet type=text/css/#13;!-- NEWSSPEC-3154 [end] -- p id=story_continues_2The other charities are Action Aid, Age International, British Red Cross, Cafod, Care International, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Plan UK, Save the Children and Tearfund. /p#13; pWhile several countries have deployed ships and aircraft to help, many people are still without food, water and shelter./p#13; pAid agencies have warned the security situation is deteriorating and there are reports of looting./p#13; pAnd there are logistical hold-ups for those preparing to enter the disaster zone./p#13; p id=story_continues_3There's a lot of work going on behind the scenes to make sure that when we're bringing aircraft in, they're the right aircraft, that the runway can accommodate them, that there's things like fuel so we can get them back out there, said Claire Durham from the British Red Cross./p#13; pIf we try and rush in too quickly, without any of this pre-planning, then we're going to have massive bottlenecks where aircraft are stuck on the ground and that's not going to help anyone./p#13; pJohn Cordell, from the charity ShelterBox which is delivering emergency shelters and supplies, added: It sounds as though the security conditions are getting a little bit worse. There've been reports of attacks on food convoys and looting of aid. /p#13; pI think that is deterring a lot of aid agencies from getting in there./p#13; span class=cross-headAirport damaged/span#13; pDEC chairman Salah Saeed likened the destruction in the city of Tacloban, which was particularly badly hit, to that seen after the devastating tsunami of 2004./p#13; pThere is currently no food, water or electricity. We can only imagine how much worse the situation will be for families living in towns and remote villages, he said./p#13; pSarah Wilson from World Vision said: Tacloban airport is damaged and it's very small so it is difficult to get the supplies to people./p#13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryC readability=3#13; div id=emp-24917800-132276 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71075000/jpg/_71075663_71075662.jpg alt=Aircraft/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionProfessor Anthony Redmond, head of the UK government's aid team, says he will work with a network of agencies/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- pThe UK medical team, deployed to the country by DfID, is comprised of emergency, orthopaedic and plastic surgeons as well as nurses, physicians and a specialist physiotherapist. /p#13; pThe Philippines government has asked Britain for urgent medical assistance and I have now activated the UK's International Emergency Trauma Register, said International Development Secretary Justine Greening. /p#13; pWe are mobilising a 12-strong team of volunteer surgeons, doctors and paramedics who are expert at operating in emergency situations such as this./p#13; pThe team will be led by professor of international emergency medicine Anthony Redmond, of Manchester University. /p#13; pLater Ms Greening is due to host a meeting to discuss the international response to the ongoing disaster./p#13; pShe will be joined in person or via video link by representatives from UN agencies, donors and NGOs. /p#13; pThe meeting is expected to focus particularly on how to help women and girls affected by what the Philippine president declared a national calamity earlier this week./p#13; pA DEC appeal was broadcast on Tuesday evening as the committee said it had been overwhelmed by the £1.5m donated so far./p#13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryC readability=1#13; div id=emp-24918411-132277 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71076000/jpg/_71076592_71076591.jpg alt=A devastated street/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionThe Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal to help survivors of Typhoon Haiyan/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- pThe UK government, which has already pledged £10m in aid, said it would match donations to the appeal pound for pound up to £5m./p#13; pBritish naval ship the HMS Daring, a Type-45 destroyer deployed near Singapore, is due to arrive at the disaster area within days./p#13; pThe government said its contribution would help to get food, aid and shelter to a total of 800,000 people./p#13; pThe UN has launched an appeal for $301m (£190m) to help relief efforts in typhoon-hit areas of the country./p#13; ulli To donate to the appeal, people can visit the a href=http://www.dec.org.uk/?utm_source=BBCamp;utm_medium=linkamp;utm_campaign =A014amp;utm_content=BBCDEC's website/a/li#13; li Call 0370 60 60 900/li#13; li Send a cheque made payable to DEC Philippines Typhoon Appeal to PO Box 999, London EC3A 3AA/li#13; li To donate £5 you can text HELP to 70000. 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