The Philippines • Typhoon Nesat Situation Report No. 2 29 September 2011

This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Philippines. It covers the period from 28 to 29 September. This is the final report issued on Typhoon Nesat.

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • Typhoon Nesat, locally known as Pedring, left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on 28 September and no longer poses a threat to any part of the country. • More than 168,000 people remain in evacuation centers, located across seven regions. • The Government continues its relief and recovery efforts and is not expected to request international assistance in response to Typhoon Nesat. • A new tropical cyclone has entered the PAR on 29 September with the international name ‘Nalgae’. Its local name is Quiel.

II. Situation Overview

Typhoon Nesat, known locally as Pedring, exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday afternoon, 28 September, and is no longer a threat to any part of the country. According to The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Typhoon Nesat will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon and will bring scattered to widespread rain over western Luzon (Regions I and III). Even as Typhoon Nesat moves on, a new tropical cyclone has entered the PAR early in the morning of 29 September. This new cyclone is known internationally as Typhoon Nalgae and locally as Quiel. Although the projected storm track of Nalgae predicts it will make landfall far north of where Nesat struck, heavy rains are likely to affect many of the same areas already affected by Nesat. PAGASA forecasts that Typhoon Nalgae will cause scattered to widespread rains over northern Luzon, including Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Autonomous Region (Regions I, II, and CAR).

Impact and Government Response

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that Typhoon Nesat left 35 dead; 12 in Central Luzon (Region III), seven in the National Capital Region (NCR), and five in Mimaropa (Region IV-B). The other 11 casualties occurred in Regions I, II, IV-A, V, and CAR. Forty-five others, mostly fishermen, are still missing as of 29 September. The NDRRMC further confirmed that 115 people were rescued during the height of the typhoon.

More than 36,000 families (over 168,000 persons) remain in 386 evacuation centers across the National Capital Region, Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Bicol (NCR and Regions I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, and V). The majority of these centers (67%) are in NCR and Central Luzon. In addition to those in the evacuation centers, nearly 3,500 affected families (16,000 persons) have received government assistance and are not housed in evacuation centers. In total, the NDRRMC reports that nearly 104,000 families (490,000 people) have been affected by Typhoon Nesat.

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The NDRRMC reports 6,311 houses were damaged, of which 1,670 were totally damaged and the remaining 4,641 incurred partial damages. Typhoon Nesat also destroyed an estimated US$23.7 million worth of crops, livestock and fisheries, and at least $2.7 million in infrastructure, including school buildings, roads and bridges.

Several areas NCR were flooded, including Malabon, Caloocan, Marikina, Valenzuela, Pasay and Navotas. However, floodwaters began to recede on 27 September. Outside of the NCR, some areas in Bulacan province (Region III) and Isabela province (Region II) remain inundated.

The Government of the Philippines has already allocated nearly Philippine peso 15 million ($340,000) in response to Typhoon Nesat. This has been distributed mainly through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Local Government Units. DSWD had propositioned food and NFIs for allocation in Cagayan, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Batanes and Isabela provinces. They have also distributed family packs in Region IV-B and provided funds for affected families to purchase relief items in CAR.

The Department of Public Works and Highways has begun clearing major roads going to northern Luzon. They have also established alternate routes into Ifugao province which was temporarily isolated because all roads leading to the province were blocked either by landslide debris and collapsed bridges.

The Department of Health has provided over PHP1 million ($23,000) in emergency assistance, such as drugs, medicines, and jerry cans.

Non-Government Response

As a complement to government assistance, assessments are also being organized by INGOs including World Vision, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), Caritas Philippines, and Catholic Relief Services. These assessments are taking place in Bulacan (Region III), Antipolo (Region IV-A) and Isabela provinces (Region II). Save the Children is scheduled to do an assessment in Aurora and Quirino provinces. OCHA has informed the relevant cluster leads to ensure activities are coordinated with the appropriate government counterparts.

ADRA will distribute food to 550 families in Navotas, San Miguel, Bulacan, Cabanatuan and Nueva Ecija. World Vision will assist affected school children in three barangays in Malabon and in Barangay Baseco, Manila City (NCR).

III. Coordination

During a meeting with Undersecretary Benito Ramos, Administrator, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and OCD Chief of Operations Edagrdo Ollet on 28 September, the OCHA Head of Office was informed that the government, through the NDRRMC, is augmenting local capacity and that international assistance will not be requested in response to Typhoon Nesat.

IV. Contact

Please contact: Manila, Philippines: David Carden, Head of Office, OCHA Philippines carden@un,org, (+63) 917-513-9924

Manila, Philippines: Maria Agnes Palacio [email protected], (+63) 917-552-8413

For more information, please visit http://ph.one.un.org/response/, http://reliefweb.int/.

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