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divdiv class=story-body readability=33 span class=story-date#13; span class=date14 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time07:12 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious will be sent to help people affected by the typhoon in the Philippines, Prime Minister David Cameron has said./p#13; pSpeaking on a visit to India, Mr Cameron also said the UK government had now given more than £20m in aid./p#13; pMeanwhile the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) said its UK appeal had raised £23m in its first 48 hours./p#13; pTyphoon Haiyan, which hit on Friday, killed at least 2,300 people and displaced more than half a million./p#13; pHMS Illustrious is currently in the Gulf and is expected to arrive in the Philippines on 24 November./p#13; pThe carrier will relieve destroyer HMS Daring, which is already on its way and should arrive on Saturday./p#13; span class=cross-head'Absolute tragedy'/span#13; pMr Cameron said helicopters from HMS Illustrious would be used to take food and water to people stranded in remote parts of the Philippines, which is made up of more than 7,000 islands./p#13; pThe carrier, which currently has 900 crew and seven helicopters, has equipment to provide water suitable for drinking, which Mr Cameron said was badly needed./p#13; pWhat happened in the Philippines is an absolute tragedy, he said./p#13; pYou can see the devastation, the suffering, and it's quite clear that we are going to need long-term help for those people./p#13; #13;#13;#13; pThe Royal Navy said almost all of its ships carried supplies and equipment for use in such emergencies and added its crews were trained for dealing with humanitarian disasters./p#13; pThe UK is also sending aid to the Philippines by air. The first flight arrived at 16:00 GMT on Tuesday./p#13; pA team of 12 medical experts from the UK, requested by the Philippines Department of Health, has also flown to the country./p#13; pA huge international aid effort is under way, but widespread infrastructure damage is hampering efforts to distribute it to some areas./p#13; pA US aircraft carrier and other US vessels have already arrived in the Philippines, where the UN estimates 11 million people have been affected by the typhoon./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center