Philippines – Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) ECHO CRISIS FLASH N° 7

Period covered: 1. Map Thursday 14/11/13 14:00 PHI Time – Friday 15/11/13 14:00 PHI Time

Time of validity: Date: 15/11/2013 Time: 06:00 UTC

ECHO Field Office: Bangkok - Thailand

Number of people affected: 9 073 804 in 44 provinces (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council – NDRRMC) 11.8 million (Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

Number of refugees and/or internally displaced persons (source: JRC) (IDPs) 1 487 040 (NDRRMC) 921 212 (DSWD) 2. Situation Number of dead: 2 360 (NDRRMC) 4 460 (Government According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council figure as reported in (NDRRMC) as of 15 November (6.00 am PHI time), approximately 9 million OCHA Sitrep No 8) people have been affected and the death toll is 2 360 people. 253 049 Number of missing: houses have been damaged (136 247 totally and 117 802 partially). The 77 (NDRRMC) number of displaced population has significantly increased from 534 343

Number of wounded: people to 1 487 040 people. 3 853 (NDRRMC) Three logistics hubs are now operational in Samar and Leyte (Tacloban, Guiuan and Ormoc). From November, four United States helicopters are available to transport relief to the outskirts of Tacloban. ECHO Emergency Contact The Armed Forces of the reported that all towns in Leyte are now Tel.: +32 2 29 22222 accessible by road; however, the roads are congested as debris is only Fax: +32 2 29 90525 partially cleared. [email protected] The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA) indicates that communication and electricity have

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According to OCHA Situation Report No.8 of 14 November, the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the Inter- Agency Standing Committee categorized the emergency at the highest level mobilizing the entire humanitarian system to respond.

3. Assistance

As of 15 November, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Local Governmental Units (LGUs), Department of Health (DOH) as well as other Government/ Non-governmental organizations provided a total of PHP 70 324 817 (approximately EUR 1.2 million ) worth of relief assistance to the affected population. The Government continues to provide relief supplies with about 115 600 food packs delivered to date.

The Bureau of Customs of the Philippines activated a “One Stop Shop” to expedite the processing and release of international relief goods at Tacloban, Cebu and Manila airports.

According to the Financial Tracking Services (FTS), donors have contributed an overall amount of USD 161 million, in cash and in-kind contributions. Around USD 43.3 million of this total in cash was allocated to Food Security and WASH projects, which are among the priority sectors.

Cluster meetings are currently taking place in Manila and Tacloban. The establishment of the cluster is scaling up. All need assessments conducted by various agencies will be collected and compile by OCHA Information Center.

OCHA plans to establish two coordination hubs (one in Tacloban, Leyte and one in Roxas, North ).

Conclusion from Humanitarian Coordinator Donor Briefing held on 15 November is that aid delivery is finally taking place and slowly being organized.

OCHA reported that on 13/11, 120,600 food packs, 15,000 plastic sheeting and 5,000 units tarpaulins, 70 portable toilets, 3 water tanks were delivered to Tacloban. Medical supplies were delivered enough to basic health services for 120,000 people for one month and to perform 400 surgical interventions. Additionally, 4 water distribution kits and one water reservoir were delivered in Cebu, 1000 tents were delivered in Eastern Leyte. On 301 million requested, 49 million have been received (as of 14/11).

4. Other information

 According to ECHO Regional Logistic Coordinator, currently in Tacloban City, the airport is overflowing with incoming planes that have to circle above the city, due to the airport can only handle 3 planes at the time. It is recommended that all organizations to urgently start organizing their supply line by other means, which are truck or sea. WFP have identified commercial warehouses and commercial truck operators. Logistic Cluster is meeting on a daily basis.

 Fuel is urgently needed in Tacloban City. On 13 November, the Government reported that the fuel supply was down to 1 400 litres sufficient to two days.

 According to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), rice harvest was nearly completed before the disaster but part of it has been lost. The next planting season should occur within this month (November) in order to secure the next harvest in March- April. The fishery sector was also badly affected, representing 42% of the livelihood prior the disaster. But no assessment has so far been conducted.

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 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates more than 25 000 births this month. Some clean delivery kits were already distributed but more are needed. UNFPA also mentioned that Gender Based Violence (GBV) should be included in the relief response planning.

 On 12 November, ECHO Regional Health Coordinator conducted a two-day rapid assessment in island of Panay (, Banga, Batan, Sapian, Roxan, Panay, President Roxas, Pilar, Estancia, Concepcion, and ).

 According to ECHO assessment, the level of loss and destruction was by far most significant on the northern coastline and on the utmost north- eastern part of the island. In Panay, 261 people were reported dead, over 2 million people affected, 445 335 people have been displaced and 150 000 houses totally damaged. There are huge emergency needs primarily for emergency shelter materials and for food and water to selected communities. Details are as below;

 Shelter and infrastructure. Structural damage to houses and buildings constructed from natural building materials and generally to the roofs of all buildings suffered the greatest damage, with all buildings in the most affected areas severely damaged. Infrastructural damage to the electrical/power system was immense, with all power masts and lines damaged completely in the most affected areas. Generator capacity on the island is significant however, already providing power to most of the very urgent/needy facilities such as hospitals and water pump stations.  Water. Due primarily to lack of electricity, access to drinking water is a problem in parts of the most affected areas. Bigger towns with generator backup do generally seem to have restored access to drinking water, yet badly affected rural areas with no boreholes face problems.  Food. A lack of food was expressed primarily by communities in the utmost affected areas. The situation to a certain degree benefits from the fact that most of the rice paddies were harvested recently. However, there is little/no information as to the food-security situation at household level.  Health. The direct impact of the typhoon in relation to personal health was by and far related to physical injury. However, the scale hereof was not dramatic, and seemingly within the capacities of the healthcare system, primarily the hospitals. There are so far no reports of increased case numbers of diseases with epidemic potential. Although a lot of healthcare infrastructures, especially rural healthcare clinics, suffered significant damage, and hence are left in-operational, most hospitals are operational (at least to some degree), and are not significantly overburdened by increased caseloads caused by the impacts of the typhoon.  Emergency needs. There is urgent need for emergency type shelter, e.g. plastic sheeting, tents etc. throughout the affected areas. In selected areas/communities, there is also a need for drinking water and food. Healthcare needs are for the moment not significantly above normal, and are reasonably well covered by the national institutions and structures. However, depending on the overall effectiveness and timeliness of the relief interventions, especially regarding shelter and water, health and healthcare could become a serious problem in the near future.

 For the island Panay the national authorities, together with private companies and institutions, were the first to respond, and are currently delivering basic relief, primarily related to food and water. However, these stocks are allegedly limited and already emptying out. Few UN agencies (e.g. UNICEF and WFP), Philippine Red cross and few NGOs have made rapid assessments and are planning for intervention. OCHA has started daily coordination meeting in Roxan.

 Canadian Embassy has also assessed the North of Panay Island and reached the same conclusion to DG ECHO assessment that the provincial and local authorities were much better prepared, explaining the limited casualties reported. However, the scale of damages on livelihood and infrastructures is similar to Tacloban.

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