The European Commission has pledged an extra seven million euros in humanitarian aid to help those hit by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.<br /><br />EU officials have already provided 13 million euros.<br /><br />Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva told reporters in Brussels: “Eighty percent of natural disasters are climate related. We do develop more skills and capabilities to cope with disasters but I am not convinced yet that we are doing it with the speed that it necessary in face of this trend.”<br /><br />Haiyan was one of the strongest storms ever recorded.<br /><br />It left thousands of people dead and millions of people homeless.<br /><br />The United Nations says 2.5 million people are in need of life-saving food assistance and many of crops have been destroyed.<br /><br />The EU money will be spent on food, medicine and sanitary assistance.