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Haiyan. Many have received little or no assistance since the storm struck a week ago. Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said Friday in the city of Tacloban

that the need is massive, immediate and not everyone can be reached.

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington and other US Navy ships arrived helicopters and emergency aid.

Haiyan. The aircraft are also being used to transport supplies to affected

communities. The aircraft carrier also has medical services and can produce

1.5 million liters of fresh water a day.

The storm displaced hundreds of thousands of people. The country's chief of

recent days. But moving the aid from airports or other areas has been a slow

Scientists say Typhoon Haiyan was one of the strongest storms on record

with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London

School of Economics.

"There's certainly strong circumstantial evidence because we know that 8 of tropical cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons, depends very much on sea surface temperatures. They act as the fuel. And we've got very warm waters in the waters are what powered this typhoon."

Bob Ward says the intensity of storms seems to be increasing.

"Our models are not very clear at the moment. But we might expect in the

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we're experiencing now."

Benedict Dempsey is with the aid group Save the Children. He says detailed weather predictions meant that some aid workers were already in place when the storm hit.

the response in Tacloban and elsewhere in the Philippines."

He says aid agencies are learning to prepare for natural disasters of this kind.

"Between around 2002 and 2011, on average over 260 million people a year are being affected by disasters. And so we're seeing the reality of these trends acting out on the ground, and it's absolutely something that we're

Benny Peiser is director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. His group questions whether human activities are to blame for rising temperatures. He gases linked to climate change.

"This was the 20th tropical storm to have hit the Philippines this year. So this is going to continue no matter what we decide on CO2, these storms will continue."

Climate change talks are taking place in Warsaw, Poland. At the talks, the Scientist Bob Ward says the delegates should pay close attention.

"I think this typhoon will focus minds very much on the fact that if we squabble and delay in getting an agreement, we're going to see more and

But observers at the Warsaw talks say a deal on cutting greenhouse gases still appears to be far away.

And that's In the News, from VOA Learning English. I'm Bob Doughty.