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OCHA Situation Report Template The Philippines • Typhoon Songda Situation Report No. 1 25 May 2011 This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Philippines. It covers the period from 23 to 25 May 2011. The next report will be issued on or around 27 May. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • Tropical Storm Songda, locally known as Chedeng, has intensified into a Category 2 typhoon. It is projected to make landfall in the Cagayan Valley Region in the northeastern Philippines on 27 May p.m. • The Government forecasts that the typhoon could bring heavy rains similar to Typhoon Ketsana that devastated Metro Manila in September 2009 • The Government has activated its disaster management mechanisms at national, regional and local levels, placing the entire country under heightened alert • The UN Humanitarian Coordinator called an emergency Humanitarian Country Team meeting to ascertain existing levels of preparedness and identify gaps II. Situation Overview Tropical Storm Songda, locally known as Chedeng, has now intensified into a Category 2 typhoon with 130 km per hour (kph) maximum sustained winds near the centre and gusts of up to 160 kph. During the morning of 25 May, Typhoon Songda was located 350 km east of Catarman, Northern Samar Province in Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII) over the Pacific Ocean. By late afternoon, the typhoon had accelerated from 9 to 15 kph, moving in a northwest direction. According to the latest forecast of the Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA), the typhoon will make landfall in the afternoon of 27 May in the Cagayan Valley region (Region II, particularly the Isabela or Cagayan province area). Public Storm Warning Signal (PSWS) Number Two is now raised over Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon provinces in Bicol region (Region V) as well as Northern and Eastern Samar Typhoon Songda “Chedeng”: Public Storm Warning Signal provinces (i.e. winds of 60 to 100 kph may be Number One areas in yellow, Signal Number Two areas in pink. expected in at least 24 hours). PSWS Number One is raised over Marinduque province in Mimaropa region (Regin IV-B) and the island provinces of Masbate, Burias and Ticao in Bicol Region, Biliran Island in Eastern Visayas region and Southern Quezon and Polilio Island (i.e. winds of 30-60 kph may be expected in at least 36 hours or intermittent rains may be expected within 36 hours). Metro Manila might be affected by moderate to heavy rains. The Government forecasts that the typhoon could bring heavy rains similar to Typhoon Ketsana (locally known as Ondoy) that devastated Metro Manila in September 2009. An alternative projection is a Typhoon Durian (Reming) like scenario with Ketsana-scale rains as well as strong winds that left at least 1,400 people dead. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has identified Aurora Province in Central Luzon region (Region III) and municipalities of Makonakon, Palanan, Divilacan and Dinapigue in Isabella province in Cagayan Valley region as most likely to be severely affected by flooding, strong winds and storm surges. In Albay Province in the Bicol region, one of the most hazard-prone provinces in the Philippines, the Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council is planning for the pre-emptive evacuation of nearly 50,000 families (250,000 persons) as a precautionary measure against landslides, floods and lahar flow. However, evacuations have not yet taken place in any part of the country. www.unocha.org The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate 1 effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. Celebrating 20 years of coordinated humanitarian action OCHA Situation Report Key members of NDRRMC and the Philippine Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) met on 24 May to discuss preparedness actions for the approaching typhoon. According to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), national, regional and local governments have activated their disaster management mechanisms, including its government-led clusters, placing entire country under heightened alert. In order to address some critical operational and policy issues regarding international assistance, NDRRMC and HCT have agreed to establish a 10-member Technical Working Group (TWG) on Humanitarian Assistance that will discuss and make recommendations to the NDRRMC-HCT forum. The Government welcomed HCT’s offer to support and complement government efforts, including initial joint rapid needs assessments. The TWG will meet in the coming days and look into the modalities for the rapid needs assessment process as a priority. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator called an emergency HCT meeting on 25 May to brief the wider HCT on the situation and the outcomes of the NDRRMC-HCT meeting. The Cluster Leads also briefed on their levels of preparedness with the aim to identify and agree on additional preparedness actions as necessary. Also, several member organizations informed that their internal surge capacity in-country and in the region has been placed on standby for rapid deployments. Regarding the joint Government-HCT rapid needs assessment, the HCT agreed that WFP, WHO, UNICEF and IOM/IFRC will join the mission given that the Government has identified four critical sectors as the sectors most likely to have priority needs for which they are co-leads: food and non-food-items; health; emergency shelter; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). III. Cluster Preparedness Actions AGRICULTURE With the March-May farming season just ending, nearly all of rice and corn have already been harvested. Typhoon Songda may affect the start of the next farming season, which begins in June. FAO as the co-lead of the Food Cluster is standing ready to support the Government with post-disaster needs assessment, if requested by the Government. [Source: HCT Agriculture Cluster] CAMP COORDINATION/MANAGEMENT An IOM team currently operating in Ilagan and the coastal towns of Maconacon, Divilacan and Palanan in Isabela is in contact with the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and ready to support with initial liaison and information gathering activities. The same support can be provided in the Bicol region, should the typhoon pass through this part of the country. According to the central office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), regional offices of DSWD and the Local Government Units (LGUs) are on standby to coordinate local camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) activities. Information and updates on IDPs are coordinated through Disaster Response Operation Monitoring and Information Center, and non-food items (NFIs) are pre-positioned in the regional offices and at the central office. IOM will issue quick updates on displacement figures starting 25 May as data on the pre-emptive evacuation efforts come in. [Source: IOM] EDUCATION The Education cluster has been meeting regularly and the next meeting will be held on 26 May. One impending concern is how to balance the rights associated with CCCM, Protection and Education given that schools are often used as evacuation centers and children’s education is disrupted. [Source: UNICEF and HCT Education Cluster] EMERGENCY SHELTER IFRC, the convener for the emergency shelter, requires the UN Humanitarian Coordinator to activate the emergency shelter cluster in order to deploy an emergency shelter specialist from its office in Geneva. IOM offered to step in to jump start emergency shelter activities at the onset of a disaster if needed. This proposition was welcomed by the Humanitarian Coordinator and the HCT. FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS DSWD, which is in the lead on national disaster response, has pre-positioned approximately Philippine peso 56 million (US$1.23 million) worth of essential food and non-food items that would constitute an immediate The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate 2 effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. http://ochaonline.un.org Celebrating 20 years of coordinated humanitarian action OCHA Situation Report response to potential typhoon victims which could be further augmented by additional cash reserves of PhP 61 million ($1.4 million) to purchase additional emergency food/non food items. A further PhP 500 million ($11.6 million) can be potentially drawn from the Department of Budget to cover emergency food needs, but this amount is meant to cover the entire year. Government has agreements with a number of private sector companies that could provide support in the event of a large-scale disaster. WFP indicated that it would be prepared to mobilize support in the following areas: assessment, logistics, emergency food, and help with coordination of non-governmental actors in the food cluster. WFP is in the process of purchasing 200 tons of fortified, high energy biscuits (HEBs) which could provide a five-day ration to 90,000 persons who cannot easily prepare food. However, these stocks are not available in country and some 84 tons of HEBs could be advanced from the UN Humanitarian Response Depots Dubai, if needed and additional HEB quantities could be potentially borrowed from Indonesia. [Source: WFP] IFRC and the Philippines National Red Cross have non-food item kits for 10,000 to 20,000 families. Each NFI kit includes tent, blanket, jerry can, tarpaulin sheet, stove, etc. NUTRITION The Nutrition Cluster maintains lists of emergency stockpiles. The supplies include tarpaulin posters, fans and Infant and Young Child Feeding - E flipcharts. Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition supplies can be ordered as needed. [Source: UNICEF] HEALTH The Health cluster has standard operating procedures for emergency response, health assessment form, an updated cluster members list and a cluster registration form for new cluster members in place. WHO, the HCT co-lead, is now updating its resource database/inventory with the Health cluster.
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