Global temperature in 2001: second warmest on record
The global average surface temperature in 2001 is expected to be the second warmest on record, 0.42=B0C above the 1961-1990 average. The warmest year in the 1860 to present record occurred in 1998, according to records maintained by Members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Nine of the ten warmest years have occurred since 1990, including 1999 and 2000, when the cooling influence of the tropical Pacific La Niña contributed to a somewhat lower global average (0.29=B0C and 0.26=B0C

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OVERVIEW

This report provides an indicators-based assessment of conflict risk in the three Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The analysis crosses nine interrelated issue areas identified as underlying potential for conflict development. These areas are: History of Armed Conflict; Governance and Political Instability; Militarization; Population Heterogeneity; Demographic Stress; Economic Performance; Human Development; Environmental Stress; and International Linkages.

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Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2001/0237
OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Philippines - Typhoon Lingling ("Nanang")
15 November 2001

Situation

1. Typhoon Lingling, which hit the Philippines on 6-7 November and then Viet Nam on 12 November, dissipated on Tuesday, November 13.

2. As of 12 November 2001, the extent of the damage in the Philippines is as follows (source: Office of Civil Defense-National Disaster Coordinating Council):

• Death toll: 184
• Injured: 147
• Missing: 106
• Affected population: 1.06 million
• Affected provinces: 13

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)

Background

Typhoon Lingling (also known as Nanang) hit The Philippines on Tuesday, November 6 killing at least 200 people and leaving 177 missing and presumed dead. Some 173,000 families were affected in the Visayas and Mindanao regions. Worst hit was Camiguin, an island off Cagayan de Oro City in Mindanao, The Philippines where more than 7,000 families were affected. Damage to infrastructure, crops, and private property was estimated by the government at over $7 million. Officials are busy burying the dead for fear of a health epidemic, which is possible if the water system is not repaired soon.

HANOI, Nov 12 (AFP) - Tropical storm Lingling, which left more than 300 people dead or missing in the Philippines, killed three people as it made landfall in central Vietnam early Monday, disaster relief officials said.

Winds of 120 kilometres (75 miles) an hour destroyed some homes and downed power and telephone lines.

But the feared downpours and flash flooding failed to materialize as the storm weakened sharply before making landfall, the weather centre said.

The national disaster relief office had

MAHINOG, Camiguin - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today turned over a total of P6 million as additional financial assistance to the typhoon-ravaged province of Camiguin.
The President went to Camiguin to see for herself the immediate needs of the people and provide help to those affected by the flash flood that swept the province.

The President also announced that the United States government, through US Embassy Charges D' Affaires Robert Fitts, will turn over today a plane load of relief goods also intended for the victims of typhoon "Nanang" here.

CAMIGUIN, Philippines, Nov 10 (AFP) - Philippine authorities have halted their search for survivors and are frantically burying bodies in a bid to prevent an epidemic of disease after tropical storm Lingling left at least 200 people dead, officials said Saturday.

Pedro Romualdo, the governor of this southern island, said there was a "very strong stench" in the area that was hit prompting emergency workers to make an extra effort to recover bodies.

He said officials were focusing on recovery of the dead and not search and rescue, adding there was little prospect