(Sound) Clinton received a boisterous welcome from about 2,000 Filipino school children as she visited the Marikina district of Manila that was inundated by floodwaters from Typhoon Ketsana in late September.
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Fidelino said many Filipinos aren't sure if the flooding was caused by the typhoon or by the opening of dams.
Humanitarian agencies said some 5.4 million people affected by the typhoon urgently need food, potable water and shelter after Bopha wiped out 90 percent of houses in the worst-hit towns in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.
As people arrived at the church the Guernsey Scout Band played and the service ended with a flypast by a 29 Squadron Typhoon, marking the Air Commodore's connection to the squadron.