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Support for Typhoon-Stricken Leyte Island (PDF/257KB) FEATURE DISASTER MANAGEMENT: EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS Flooding in Ormoc in 1991 caused by Tropical Storm Thelma (above). The Pasig River on the outskirts of Manila, where work by Japan on the banks has reduced damage from fl ooding (right). nancial resources to carry out crucial riverfront pletion. Inaugurated in December 2000, the flood-prevention projects, though, leaving the resi- 10-meter-wide Makoto Migita Street is the main dents vulnerable to flooding. Eventually, JICA ar- route to a resettlement site in the village of Lao, rived to provide assistance. With a vision of a flood- about six kilometers from the river. A monument control project for Ormoc, JICA conducted a honoring Migita’s memory stands beside the street development survey in 1993. From 1997 to 2001, that bears his name. JICA constructed four new bridges and built three In July 2003, two years after the project’s com- slit dams to reduce the danger of floating trees and pletion, Ormoc was once again battered by a major landslides. JICA also widened the rivers, created an typhoon equal in scale to Tropical Storm Thelma. entire diking system, and provided other protective As in 1991, the city endured torrential rains. But infrastructure to improve drainage of the city’s two this time, the slit dams protected the residents from major rivers. floating trees and landslides, and the city streets The bridge construction and widening of rivers were only submerged momentarily. Because of the required displacement and relocation of some of newly constructed river embankments, there were Ormoc’s citizens. The city government acquired re- no casualties. settlement areas and provided compensation to The city had attained a sense of security, but it those who were relocated. Japanese representatives was not immune to major disasters. Ten years later, also participated in consultation meetings to ex- on November 8, 2013, the central Philippines was plain the project to the public. devastated by Typhoon Haiyan (locally called Ty- “Land had to be reclaimed in order to widen the phoon Yolanda), the strongest storm recorded in rivers, so we had to ask the people living there to history, with peak winds blowing at 313 kilometers move elsewhere. The residents were told that the per hour. project would make life safer for them, but they Leyte once again found itself in the path of the The Anilao River in Ormoc. Improvements to the river couldn’t understand why they had to leave the place storm. In the city of Ormoc, 37 people died and 8 banks were carried out with Japanese support, and they called home,” says Shuji Kaku of CTI Engi- went missing—significantly lower numbers com- the city of Ormoc installed fences and streetlights. neering International, the project’s supervisor. City pared to the 1991 typhoon. The most severe de- officials continued to emphasize the need to widen struction occurred in Tacloban, the largest city on the rivers and the importance of flood-control mea- Leyte’s eastern coast. The powerful storm caused sures. They explained that the work would help massive tidal waves five to six meters in height, in- which then had a population of around 120,000. protect the community as well as the residents’ own flicting catastrophic damage on the city. JICA once Support for Typhoon- Heavy rains caused rivers to overflow and engulf lives and property. After acquiring safer land, the again set about providing needed support. the streets, flooding the entire city. About 8,000 city government offered it to the riverside residents people died or went missing and around 14,000 at no charge. Once a livable environment equipped Stricken Leyte Island residential buildings were damaged by flash floods with electricity and running water was in place, the and landslides. Most of the victims were poor labor- residents resettled there. he Philippines is among the most disas- ers working for sugar cane plantations. With no ter-prone countries in the world. The big- land of their own, they lived in rudimentary hous- MAKOTO MIGITA STREET T gest disaster risk is the floods caused by ing near the rivers. typhoons and tropical storms. In 1998, The project elicited a warm response from the Phil- A couple living and Japan launched a project to support the Philippines CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES, DAMS, AND DIKES ippine government and the city of Ormoc. As a ges- selling vegetables along in implementing flood mitigation measures in the ture of appreciation, the Ormoc city council named Makoto Migita Street. wake of Tropical Storm Thelma, which devastated Following the disaster, the city carried out restora- a street after Makoto Migita, a Japanese engineer They say life is easier the island of Leyte in November 1991. The casual- tion work, repairing damaged dikes and replacing who had worked from the beginning of the project now that they do not have ties occurred in the central Leyte city of Ormoc, destroyed bridges. The local government lacked fi- but died suddenly in March 1998, prior to its com- to worry about fl oods. 4 JICA’S WORLD APRIL 2014 JICA’S WORLD APRIL 2014 5 FEATURE DISASTER MANAGEMENT: EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS Members of the Japan prising 44 Philippine government agencies and or- Disaster Relief medical ganizations involved in disaster prevention, an- Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall on team providing nounced that the typhoon caused 6,201 deaths and November 3, 2013 treatment in the left 1,785 people missing. The storm significantly Philippines. affected about 16 million people, including 4.1 mil- lion refugees, and destroyed 1.1 million buildings. Emergency Recovery and In addition to dispatching medical teams and assistance reconstruction other JDR personnel, the Japanese government Typhoon Haiyan hits the Philippines. 8 provided ¥3 billion (about $30 million) in emer- 2013 gency grant aid, which is mainly used for the relief 10 operation provided by the UN and other interna- 2 research team members dispatched from MOFA and JICA. tional organizations, along with emergency relief supplies valued at ¥60 million ($600,000). An ad- First JDR medical team consisting of 11 ditional ¥2 billion ($20 million) in emergency as- 27 members dispatched. sistance was provided in the form of an Asian De- JICA starts to supply tents, 15 velopment Bank Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction sleeping pads, and water filters. grant, and approximately ¥150 million ($1.5 mil- 20 lion) in assistance was provided by Japan Platform, a nongovernmental organization. 21 With the arrival of the new year, JICA turned to mid-to-long-term recovery and restoration efforts. Second JDR medical team consisting of 30 members dispatched. First, a team on building resiliency headed by a 26 JICA senior advisor was dispatched from January 6 to 13 to recommend improved designs for school 29 THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE the situation, provide inputs for the initial recovery buildings. Then, in preparation for recovery and activities conducted by the Philippine government, restoration projects in various areas, a JICA survey Third JDR medical team consisting 3 The fundamental principles underlying JICA’s dis- and develop plans for disaster mitigation and pre- team visited the Philippines from January 19 to 26. of 24 members dispatched. aster-mitigation and -recovery efforts are derived paredness efforts. The team played a significant The team focused on the eastern coast of Leyte and from the Disaster Management Cycle. In this ap- role in facilitating progress toward the recovery and the southern coast of the island of Samar, two areas 4 proach, mitigation and preparedness, emergency restoration phase of the cycle. that suffered heavy casualties and damages from response, and recovery are seamlessly intertwined, In another storm-related accident, a barge ran the storm surge. During their mission, team mem- Recovery planning while efforts to improve resiliency help to control aground on the eastern coast of the island of Panay, bers began carefully planning a focused project to experts dispatched to 4 oil-removal experts risk and reduce damage. The Disaster Management west of Cebu, spilling 860 kiloliters of oil into the achieve rapid recovery and restoration in these develop plans for dispatched by Japan future disaster Cycle guided JICA’s assistance in response to Ty- sea. On December 4, a five-member team of oil spill areas and to help build communities that will be Coast Guard and JICA. response. phoon Haiyan. removal experts from the Japan Coast Guard and more resilient to disasters. The project officially 12 On November 10, 2013, the Japanese govern- JICA was dispatched to the Philippines to help deal started in early February. ment received a request for assistance from the gov- with the spill. In order to share Japan’s recent reconstruction 13 ernment of the Philippines and responded by dis- After dispatching multiple teams that provided experience with the Philippines, JICA asked the patching a Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) medical three successive rounds of assistance, Japanese of- city of Higashi Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, team. The team began full-scale medical operations ficials facilitated a smooth transition from the which endured the Great East Japan Earthquake in Tacloban, later going beyond the city to run a emergency-response phase to the recovery phase of and its aftermath, to present its relevant experiences. 19 mobile clinic in Basey and other towns on Leyte the cycle. The activities of the JDR teams ended in Two city employees and two private personnel from that were heavily damaged by the typhoon. Two December, but it will take more time before life re- Higashi Matsushima, which is now carrying out its 19 2014 more JDR teams were dispatched in rapid succes- turns to normal for those affected by the disaster. own recovery plan, joined the survey team.
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