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Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan Situation Report No. 18 (as of 27 November 2013)

This report is produced by OCHA Philippines in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Philippines and OCHA New York. It covers the period from 25-26 November 2013. The report is issued at 06:00 am Manila time. The next report will be issued on or around 29 November.

Highlights According to the latest Government estimates, Typhoon Haiyan has resulted in over 5,200 deaths and nearly 26,000 injuries. Over 3.5 million people remain displaced from their homes, including 226,000 living in 1,068 evacuation centres. Preliminary results of a joint rapid assessment confirm that lifesaving needs persist in food, shelter, recovery of livelihoods and the restoration of essential community services in affected areas. Final results are expected on 27 November. Response efforts continue to expand, but greater planning is needed to ensure a smooth transition as some international partners – including foreign militaries and international health teams – prepare to leave. Local organizations in Cebu have established a working group to coordinate their activities and liaise with international partners. Participating local organizations often have better access to remote areas than international partners.

PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Haiyan Northern Samar

Eastern Samar Samar Aklan

Roxas City

Capiz Tacloban City

Iloilo

Leyte Cebu Cebu City Negros Occidental

Bohol

MIRA Assessed Municipalities Map Sources: GADM, MIRA Assesment team The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply o fficial endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Map created on 26 November 2013

14.16 million 3.54 million 1.1 million 5,000+

1,613

Affected people

People missing

People displaced

Damaged houses

Southern Leyte

Reported dead

Source: DSWD as at 18:00 Manila time (10:00 UTC), 26 November; NDRRMC as at 06:00 Manila time, 26 November (22:00 UTC, 25 November).

Situation Overview According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC), the current death toll stands at 5,240, with another 1,613 people still missing. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) estimates that the number of displaced people is now 3.54 million, of whom an estimated 226,048 are living in 1,068 evacuation centres. Large numbers of people continue to leave severely affected areas, particularly from Region VIII (Eastern Visayas). Migration Outflow Desks have been established in Tacloban and Guiuan, and an estimated 17,000 people have been recorded as having arrived in Manila so far; others are leaving for Cebu. One case of trafficking of minors is suspected, highlighting the need to intensify identification and tracking mechanisms for separated children. Preliminary results from the Multi-Cluster Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) confirm that immediate life-saving needs are in food, shelter and the restoration of essential community services (health, water, sanitation, education and social welfare). Affected communities also urgently need recovery of livelihoods. MIRA results will be released on 27 November. Clusters aim to present a 12-month strategic response plan for the Haiyan response by 8 December. The provision of food assistance is well underway, although certain gaps remain for people living in small islets in northern Cebu and some hard-to-access coastal areas of Eastern Samar. The Government has requested support to provide agricultural inputs and crop production packages to farmers in time for the planting season about to begin. Emergency shelter needs remain significant, with displaced people needing an estimated 4 million corrugated iron sheets and other shelter material to reconstruct their homes – though there is concern over potential pipeline shortfalls both locally and internationally. Issues of housing, land and property have started to surface in severely affected areas, and the Protection Cluster is working closely with the Government on these issues. + For more information, see “background on the crisis” at the end of the report www.unocha.org The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. Coordination Saves Lives

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Currently, 153 national and foreign medical teams are providing emergency health services, supplies and equipment in affected areas, but more coordination is required among these teams. An estimated 865 births occur daily in affected communities, with around 15 per cent experiencing potentially life-threatening complications. Reproductive health kits are urgently needed in Tacloban and elsewhere. Additional women-friendly spaces are being established in strategic locations to cater the special needs of women and adolescent girls. With assessments completed in 53 per cent of schools in the most affected areas, the Department of Education reports that over 800 schools have sustained major damage and 4,485 classrooms need replacement. These numbers are likely to rise significantly as remaining schools, particularly in Leyte and Samar islands, are assessed. Partners are distributing school-in-a-box and recreation kits, and setting up child-friendly spaces. Tents or other shelter for temporary learning and child friendly spaces are needed while repair and rehabilitation of damaged or destroyed school buildings takes place. Early recovery efforts, such as debris-clearing and other cash- or food-for-work programmes, are picking up. Over the next six months, the Early Recovery Cluster will create over 200,000 temporary jobs. DSWD is currently conducting a rapid assessment to inform a national rehabilitation and reconstruction programme that should be presented in the coming days. In Western Visayas Region, a multi-cluster effort is underway to support local authorities in addressing the needs of those displaced by the oil spill in Estancia. Humanitarian partners are asked to contact local authorities before conducting relief activities. Transportation of relief goods into Tacloban has significantly improved due to a free-of-charge vessel operating between Cebu and Tacloban, although the limited warehouse facilities and insufficient capacity to ensure distribution of relief supplies continue to hamper the response.

Funding A total of US$364.4 million has been contributed to the Typhoon Haiyan response as of 22 November, according to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS). Of this total, $164 million was contributed for the Typhoon Haiyan Action Plan by over 80 entities including Member States, the Central Emergency Response Fund, multilateral institutions, private companies and individuals. Overall requirements for the Haiyan Action Plan rose from $301 million to $348 million based on assessments completed as partners gained better access to affected areas. The aim of the Plan remains to provide life-saving and other critical assistance to affected communities. For updated funding figures, visit the Typhoon Haiyan page on FTS at: http://bit.ly/17lyKgJ. Typhoon Haiyan Action Plan

Funding by sector (in million US$)

US$348 million requested

Unmet 53%

Funded 47%

Funded CCCM Coordination Early Recovery Education Emergency Shelter ETC Food Security and Agriculture Health Livelihoods Logistics Nutrition Protection Security Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Not yet specified

Unmet

% Covered

6 3 20 25 46 3 113 38 33 5 12 13 1 31 0

14% 32% 50% 26% 36% 38% 49% 37% 5% 100% 4% 47% 35% 46% n/a

All humanitarian partners, including donors and recipient agencies, are encouraged to inform OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS - http://fts.unocha.org) of cash and in-kind contributions by e-mailing: [email protected]

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Military Assistance to the Haiyan Response In addition to the air, sea, and ground military forces of the Republic of the Philippines, 15 Member States currently have military assets operating in response to Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines. More than 25 foreign military aircraft from 11 different Member States are delivering relief items in Leyte, Cebu, Capiz and Samar. This includes the 13 US military aircraft that are currently preparing to depart the Philippines. 12 foreign naval vessels from four Member States are currently providing critical support to the relief effort, including the Chinese hospital ship, the Peace Ark, which is anchored off Tacloban. An additional 10 ships from six countries are en route to the Philippines. Philippine and foreign military assets have played a critical role in assessing the extent of the disaster, delivering relief supplies and providing medical and engineering support in typhoon-affected areas. However, with roads opening, civilian transportation resuming operations, and capacity from the civilian relief community increasing, many foreign military contingents are looking at transition plans and beginning to turn over operations to the Government or to humanitarian organizations. Other foreign military contingents, including those from Thailand, Brunei, Australia, India, South Korea and Bangladesh are still arriving in the Philippines, either replacing capacities that have re-deployed, or bringing in needed helicopters, ships and engineering support during the transition to recovery. Civil-military coordination has been highly effective in galvanizing the operations, with most of the foreign military assets being utilized in direct support of Clusters. Of particular note, the civil-military coordination in Roxas between the government, humanitarian actors and the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) from the Canadian Forces is seen as a model of civil-military coordination in disaster relief operations, with almost full integration and inter-operability under a UN-CMCoord cooperation strategy. Additional civil-military coordination mechanisms are currently established or are being established in Cebu, Tacloban, Ormoc and Guiuan. Humanitarian civil-military requests for information or assistance should be directed to: Coordination with Foreign Military (Manila) Coordination with the Philippine Armed Forces Civil-Military Coordination in Tacloban Civil-Military Coordination in Cebu

Michael Marx Ronaldo Reario Josef Reiterer Denis Killian

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

+63 915 4601065 +63 918 8881990 +63 906 2950281 +63 927 6009259

Humanitarian Response Camp Coordination and Camp Management Needs:

226,048

1,068 evacuation centres (EC) are still open and providing temporary shelter to IDPs are still living in 48,681 families (226,048 people). evacuation centres The entire population (1,240 families) of the barangay affected by the oil spill off the coast of Estancia, Iloilo Province, require temporary shelter solutions after having been evacuated ahead of operations to contain damage from the spill. Overcrowding and poor living conditions present a problem in some evacuation centres. In Tacloban, 45 per cent of sites have off-site access to water and an average of one latrine per 61 people. Response: 162 families affected by the oil spill have been housed in an EC. Another 152 families have received tents to set up near the EC. Authorities continue to explore options for the remaining 926 families. Work is ongoing to set up a new camp in Guiuan with an eventual capacity of 300 families. 76 families are already there. The Cluster is coordinating with clusters to ensure the required assistance is provided. Gaps & Constraints: Difficult access to remote communities, poor communications and power outages are affecting operations.

Early Recovery Needs: Debris clearance and waste management remain urgent priorities. In Tacloban, all 138 barangays suffered severe physical damage, with coastal villages practically wiped out. Response: Debris-clearing activities are under way in several locations, including Palo-One Elementary School in Palo, Leyte Province, involving 40 cash-for-work participants. Plans for additional cash-for-work programmes to speed up debris removal are currently moving forward. Partners are assisting the waste management process around Tacloban City. Gaps & Constraints:



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Heavy equipment is needed to speed up debris-clearing. Warehousing facilities need to be secured.

Education Needs: The Department of Education (DoE) has assessed 53 per cent of schools in the most affected areas. According to these assessments, 810 schools have sustained major damage and 4,485 classrooms need replacement. Overall, over 7,000 schools are closed, destroyed or damaged. While some schools will reopen in early December, the DoE has developed a strategy to get all children back to school by January 2014. In Region VIII (Eastern Visayas), classes are suspended in five out of 13 school districts. Tents and other shelter for temporary learning and child-friendly spaces are required, and debris must be cleared from schools. Learning and recreation materials are also required. Response: 76 volunteers have conducted psychosocial debriefings for 761 teachers and other education personnel in Eastern Visayas Region. Education supplies have arrived in Cebu for distribution in Eastern and Western Visayas (99 tents; 376 school-in-a-box kits, each supporting 80 students; and 278 recreation kits, each designed for hundreds of children). Also, 20 tents have been delivered to Tacloban. Five child-friendly spaces were set up in Estancia (Iloilo Province) for all ages: three at elementary schools, and one at an evacuation centre. Gaps & Constraints: More information is needed on the unassessed schools in the most affected areas (47 per cent of schools). There is a lack of information on the status of day care centres and children.

Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFIs) Needs:

4 million

According to the most recent Government estimates, 1,139,902 houses were corrugated iron sheets damaged, including 576,280 that were completely destroyed. still required Tarpaulins, tents and shelter non-food items (NFIs) are urgently required. Four million corrugated iron (CGI) sheets, as well as nails, hurricane straps, building tools and building materials are urgently needed to support early recovery Response: To date, cluster partners have distributed shelter materials to 10,910 households; NFIs to 10,480 households; and tools to 500 households. Protection Cluster partners set up temporary shelter spaces in three schools in Capiz benefiting 50 families (100 children). Gaps & Constraints: CGI sheets, fixings and tools need to be procured at scale. Local markets cannot meet the demand for shelter materials. More partners are needed to cover needs in Region VI (Western Visayas).

Emergency Telecommunications Response: 830 kg of telecommunications and networking equipment has been shipped to Borongan (Eastern Samar Province) to provide ICT services to humanitarian organizations. An ETC internet café is fully operational at the new prefabs in Cebu airport.



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Food Security and Agriculture Needs:

2.5 million

An estimated 2.5 million people are in need of life-saving food assistance. The Department of Agriculture currently estimates that 202,410 farming and fishing people require food households (865,305 people) have been affected. These numbers are based on assistance partial assessments and may change. The Government has requested support to provide an estimated 1,920 tons of rice seeds, 330 tons of corn seeds, 2,200 tons of fertilizers, 11,000 agricultural tool kits and 1,400 small irrigation water pumps to severely affected farmers. Response: Estimates as of 25 November project that 3 million people have received food assistance, including rice, high-energy biscuits and emergency food products, from DSWD and WFP. Of this assistance, WFP has distributed 4,040 tons of rice, 152 tons of high-energy biscuits and nine tons of Plumpy Doz, and DSWD has distributed 1,152,121 food packs to people across the affected areas. Additional cluster partners have provided food assistance (food packs, hot meals, mixed rations, rice, HEBs) to 730,800 people in affected areas. ICRC has distributed three-day food rations to 4,300 households in 54 barangays in Guiuan and surrounding areas. It is launching a large-scale operation to deliver two-month rations in 11 municipalities in Eastern Samar. Gaps & Constraints: Gaps in immediate food assistance remain for people living in small islets in northern Cebu and some coastal areas of Eastern Samar. The window of opportunity to provide farmers with seeds to plant before the end of the planting season in mid-January will soon be closing; extensive needs remain unmet.

Health Needs:

153

Partners estimate that Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) has the highest concentration of health needs related to the typhoon. national and international medical National data estimates that 25 per cent of the adult population (over 21 years) teams deployed suffers from hypertension, and 5 per cent from diabetes. Primary health care services are required to treat these people. Better polio and measles vaccination coverage is needed. In 2012, only 18 per cent of children under 5 were fully immunized against measles, and 83 per cent against polio. An estimated 865 births occur daily in affected communities, with around 15 per cent experiencing potentially life-threatening complications. Reproductive health kits are urgently needed. Response: 153 medical teams (foreign, national and local) are providing emergency health services. Partners have delivered tents, generators, cold chain equipment, medicine and about 11,000 body bags to priority facilities. The Department of Health, working with partners, will start a vaccination campaign for children aged 6 months to 5 years in Tacloban City this week and target around 28,400 children for measles and vitamin A, and 33,300 children aged 0-5 years for polio. Clean delivery kits, midwifery kits and kits for treatment of sexually transmitted infections, each to serve 40,000 people, as well as clinical delivery equipment and drugs for 90,000 pregnant women, are available through UNFPA. Gaps & Constraints: More attention needs to be focused on the health risks related to migrating and vulnerable populations. There remains insufficient coordination between incoming foreign medical teams and local health officials.



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Livelihoods Needs: Over 5 million workers in nine of the country’s 17 regions were affected, with livelihoods and sources of income destroyed, lost or disrupted. Over 2 million of the affected workers were engaged in vulnerable forms of employment even before the typhoon. Response:

6,409 men and women engaged in emergency employment programmes

As of 24 November, 6,409 men and women were engaged in emergency employment programmes run by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Of this total, 3,379 workers in 98 barangays are engaged in a 15-day programme running from 19 November to 6 December. The remaining 3,030 workers in 89 barangays are engaged in the 22 November to 9 December programme. Sex-disaggregated data is not yet available. Gaps & Constraints: There is a shortage of funds for Local Government Units to implement short-term emergency employment and mid- to long-term recovery and reconstruction projects. DOLE lacks personal protective equipment and tools to facilitate additional emergency employment activities. An estimated 12,250 workers will need personal protective equipment and tools for debris clearance.

Logistics Response: To date, the Logistics Cluster has facilitated the shipment of over 1,700 m3 / 409 tons of health, WASH, shelter and food interagency cargo and logistics operational equipment. The Logistics Cluster is offering storage in Mobile Storage Units (MSUs) in Ormoc, Guiuan, Roxas, Cebu and Tacloban. A sixth MSU has been installed for ACF just outside Tacloban in the common humanitarian MSU compound. Space will be allocated for organizations to build their own warehouses upon request. A 2,000-litre fuel bowser is being transported from Tacloban to Guiuan. The fuel will be provided free of charge to the humanitarian community. A vessel arrived in Tacloban on 25 November carrying bulk cargo and loaded trucks on behalf of humanitarian organizations. The vessel will be shuttling on a regular schedule between Cebu and Tacloban. Gaps & Constraints: Limited trucking capacity exists in Guiuan, though it could be augmented from Tacloban. There is a lack of fuel in Guiuan. Storage could pose a challenge at Tacloban port.

Nutrition Needs: Cluster partners estimate that 1.35 million children under five, 650,000 pregnant and lactating women, and more than 800,000 elderly people in affected areas are at risk of acute malnutrition. Response: In Cebu, 314 children aged 6-59 months received Vitamin A supplements; 345 pregnant and lactating women received infant and young child feeding counselling. In Roxas, partners have screened 682 children aged 6-59 months and 222 pregnant/lactating women. Of these, 43 children are at risk of malnutrition, 10 are moderately malnourished, and one is severely malnourished. Of the women, nine were found to be acutely malnourished. All 984 people screened received high-energy biscuits. In Tacloban, 90 per cent of children 6-59 months will be screened for malnutrition during this week’s integrated vaccination and vitamin A campaign.



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Gaps & Constraints: Safe spaces for lactating women to breastfeed are lacking in evacuation centres. There is limited capacity for the treatment of severe and moderate acute malnutrition. Partners are needed in all regions, specifically Ormoc, Abuyog, Alangalang, Kananga, Palompon, Carigara, Albuera, Bato and Tabango. Nutrition supplies are urgently needed in Panay.

Protection Needs:

34,120

According to Protection Cluster estimates, 42 per cent of affected people have documentation needs; 40 per cent have communication problems with people in Eastern separated family members; and 20 per cent have security fears. Visayas received An estimated 5,000 people continue to leave Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) protection kits every day. An estimated 5.5 million affected children need psychosocial and health services. A targeted response to the Mamanwa ethnic group in Marabut is needed. Land issues have emerged as a potential obstacle to the return of displaced people. In Barangay 6 of Guiuan Municipality, 40 families reportedly cannot return home due to a planned development project. Most of these families do not own land titles. Response: Partners have provided protection kits to 34,120 people in Eastern Visayas Region. Over 1,800 children are visiting seven child-friendly spaces that have been established in Western Visayas Region. In addition, approximately 2,500 women and adolescent girls will benefit from five women-friendly spaces established in Tacloban City. Four child-friendly spaces are also operating in Roxas and Estancia, primarily for young children and their mothers living in school-based evacuation centres who must vacate the schools during the day for classes. 200 women and adolescent girls participated in two information sessions on gender-based violence in Tacloban City. The Migration Outflow Desk at Tacloban airport has registered 638 households (2,854 people) to date. DSWD detected one possible case of human trafficking of a minor girl. Gaps & Constraints: The presence of female police remains limited. Documents need to be re-issued, as many were lost. Safe spaces for women and children, and a referral system for specialized services remain limited. Sex- and age-disaggregated data on IDPs is unavailable. Security personnel lack knowledge of protection issues

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Needs: Water services are down and pipes need repairing in north-west Leyte. Eight evacuation centres in Tacloban with the largest number of IDPs are being water tankers prioritized for WASH support. providing emergency According to the Shelter Cluster in Tacloban, the Government is planning to set water supply in coastal up transitional sites in Palo (one) and Tanauan (two), which will need WASH barangays facilities. Response: Community clean-up and desludging have been organized in Tacloban and Leyte through cash-for-work. Three additional water treatment units (35,000 liters per day each) have been installed in Dulag, Leyte. Disinfection and distribution of emergency drinking water continues. Five tankers are currently in the coastal barangays of Basey, Marabut, Lawaan, Balangiga, Salcedo, Mecedes and Guiuan. All pumping stations in Northern Guiuan are now operational following the repair of pumping station number five.

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Partners have distributed hygiene kits and jerry cans to 36,000 households in Eastern Samar. Gaps & Constraints: Efforts trace the locations and causes of diarrhoea outbreaks need better systems and more support. Partner capacity is stretched in light of the large number of affected municipalities.

Communication with Communities Needs: People lack critical information on aid, missing relatives, protection, health issues and recovery planning. Response: 60 community-managed information desks and notice boards were set up in Tacloban evacuation centres. Information desks have also been set up in Guiuan. 63 free call/SMS areas and 67 free battery charging services are available in Iloilo, Tacloban, Romblon, Antique, Roxas City, Leyte, Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Ormoc and northern Cebu. Seven radio stations (Philippine Information Agency, Office of the Civil Defense, Radio Malacanang, Philippine Broadcasting Services, First Radio Response, My Only Radio and DZRH) are providing daily humanitarian updates in Tacloban City. SMART Telecommunication Company continues to offer free access to Google’s Yolanda Person Finder. Anyone can search and post updates of missing relatives and promote it via Help PH campaign. DSWD has set up a hotline for complaints about unfair or insufficient distributions in Region VIII (Eastern Visayas). Gaps & Constraints: Most areas in Leyte and Samar are unreachable by the media. There is a lack of information about which small roads are still blocked by debris. There is no network coverage or electricity in Eastern Samar (14 towns), Northern Samar (3 towns), Biliran (5 towns), Capiz (16 towns), Aklan (14 towns) and Leyte (53 towns).

General Coordination For more information (including meeting schedules and cluster contact information) please visit https://philippines.humanitarianresponse.info/ and http://vosocc.unocha.org/ The Humanitarian Coordinator chaired a meeting of the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Manila on 25 November, setting out the broad strategic objectives for the Strategic Response Plan (SRP) due by 8 December. Clusters have begun drafting activity plans to achieve these objectives. The HCT agreed that the SRP would have a 12-month planning and budgeting horizon. The coordination structures for the Haiyan response are being streamlined to keep pace with operations in the various hubs. Inter-cluster coordination meetings take place at both the national level (planning) and hub level (operational). A number of technical working groups such as Communicating with Affected Communities, Cash Transfers, Gender, and the Housing, Land, and Property Group are providing technical guidance. The Yolanda (Haiyan) Operations, Coordination and Linkages Support Group has been established in Cebu by local church groups and NGOs/CBOs that have mobilized and are already providing assistance to remote locations that clusters have not fully reached. The aim of this group is to form linkages among local NGOs and CBOs involved in the response, including providing an interface with other international humanitarian actors; to build capacity of local actors to provide humanitarian assistance; and to enhance information management using both cluster and Government data, with the information collected by local NGOs and CBOs. Organizations looking to increase links with local partners should contact Mariam Jemila Zahari, [email protected]. A regular reporting cycle has been established to facilitate mapping of operational partners and cluster presence in affected areas. Cluster partners are encouraged to send assessment data and information updates on their activities to [email protected] to support Who Does What Where (3Ws) mapping.



Background on the crisis

Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) made first landfall in the early morning of 8 November in Guiuan, Eastern Samar Province, with maximum sustained winds of 235 km/h and gusts of 275 km/h. Haiyan made subsequent landfalls in Tolosa (south of Tacloban City), Leyte Province; Daanbantayan and Bantayan Island, Cebu Province; Conception, Iloilo Province; and Busuanga, Palawan Province. Some experts estimate the storm was among the strongest ever to make landfall. It left a wide path of destruction and debris in its wake, with estimates of casualties and damage fluctuating considerably in the immediate aftermath. On 9 November, the Government accepted the UN offer of international assistance. A global appeal was launched on 12 November, with total requirements revised to $348 million on 22 November. Damaged roads, fallen trees and debris severely limited access to people in need immediately after the crisis. However, all main roads were passable as of 15 November, although debris continues to hamper access to remote areas. For further information, please contact: Romano Lasker, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Manila, [email protected], Mob: +63 927 293 7910 Orla Fagan, Public Information Officer, [email protected], Cell +63 916 636 4248 Ozgul Ozcan, Philippines Desk Officer, New York, [email protected], Tel +1 917 367 2075 For more information, please visit www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int http://philippines.humanitarianresponse.info To be added or deleted from this Sit Rep mailing list, please e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]


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