REAL, Philippines, Dec. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Displaced Filipino typhoon survivors Saturday are in queue at an evacuation center inthe northern Philippine province of Quezon, while patients at the simple medical center are asking for medical care and villagers with relief goods over head are trekking along the muddy road.

    After the typhoon moved out of the Philippines, residents of storm-stricken areas have started to make their way back home to take advantage of the fair weather.

    A 30-year-old woman, leaning against a small jeepney, told Xinhua she would lead her children back home now that it is safe after this week's typhoon, which left them no water or food and forced them to come to the evacuation center.

    Typhoon "Winnie" and Typhoon Yoyong (international code name: Nanmadol) have left more than 1,000 Filipinos dead or missing and caused huge property losses, according to the authorities.

    Capitan Biadora, who is organizing the relief operations at theevacuation center, said the military forces have been here for several days to distribute the relief goods from nationwide to those typhoon victims.

    "Now that the typhoon is over, it is safe for them to go back home. However, the relief efforts will last at least one month or more," he said.

    According to the medial workers, the most frequent patients here are the cases of flu, fever and diarrhea. The authorities have ordered recovered dead bodies buried within 24 hours to prevent the spreading of diseases.

    Mud, dirty water, falling and broken coconut trees and wreckages, half buried houses and cars, the scene left by the storms is reminding people how hard the villages and residents here have been hit.

    A 26-year-old young man told Xinhua it was lucky that his houseis a little far from the mountain foot and escaped the damage madeby the flood and landslides, however, four of his neighbors was killed in the disaster.

    Along the road, some residents were busy cleaning their houses,with a kind of optimistic smiles on their faces. It seems that they are not daunted by the disasters while looking forward to life recoveries.

    At a relief goods collection station at the boundary of Laguna province and Quezon province, Philippine Air Force helicopters, trucks and relief workers were preparing to send the relief goods to the storm-striken areas.

    Pilot Captain Alvin told Xinhua the disaster is a tragedy, especially it happened at a time when the Philippines is trying tomake economy recovery.

    "However, with the help of all the relief efforts, the victims'life will recover after a period of time, and it's a time for all the Filipinos to be one and hand-in-hand to rebuild our homes," headded.

    Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has appealed for unity and reach out to victims of tropical depression, directing all concerned departments, agencies, government-owned and controlled corporations and local government units to prepare their relief and rehabilitation action plans.

    Likewise, Arroyo ordered the release of 1 million pesos (17,857US dollars) from her Calamity Fund for each municipality affected by the typhoons for their relief and rehabilitation efforts, whilemany international agencies, foreign missions in Manila and non-government groups have made donations for the victims. Enditem