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As the hardest-hit parts of the Philippines begin to receive humanitarian aid, Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, explains why disaster relief takes as long as it does

As the hardest-hit parts of the Philippines begin to receive humanitarian aid, Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, explains why disaster relief takes as long as it does, even with advance notice of an impending disaster.

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