2014.12.9
Peace Winds Japan’s search and rescue (SAR) team, which had been on stand-by in Cebu since 5 December as Typhoon Hagupit was moving through the central part of the Philippines, made an aerial survey on 8 December, by two helicopters and one Cessna, of the areas on Samar and its neighboring islands that were hardest [...]
2014.12.6
As Super Typhoon Hagupit, locally known as “Ruby,” is approaching the Philippines, Peace Wind Japan (PWJ) has dispatched its search and rescue (SAR) team to this disaster-prone country in Southeast Asia in order to meet humanitarian needs that may possibly result from this extremely large storm. The SAR team, consisting of five rescue members and [...]