Disaster

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Overview

Typhoon Nalgae, struck the Philippines on Saturday, 1 October 2011, following almost the same route as Typhoon Nesat. Nalgae hit Isabela province and although it did not cause widespread adverse conditions, heavy rains in the Cordillera mountain region pose a new threat of flash floods and landslides as water from the soaked slopes makes way to tributaries and rivers in Central Luzon. (IFRC, 04 Oct 2011)

Affected countries

China
Philippines (the)
Viet Nam
Typhoon Nalgae - Oct 2011 — 133 found
27 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
and 1 other
Japan Commits Php315 Million ODA for the restoration of disaster affected areas in the Philippines and disaster prevention

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Government of Japan

Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario exchanged notes for the “Non-project Grant Aid for the Restoration and Disaster Prevention” amounting to 600 million yen (approximately 315 million pesos) on April 27, 2012.

This project is for the recovery of devastated areas after several typhoons hit the Philippines in the last quarter of 2011 and damaged basic infrastructures such as roads, houses, public facilities and farmland, as well as for the establishment of disaster-prevention schemes in the country.

26 Apr 2012
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Philippines (the)
MAAPH001 - Annual report 2011

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IFRC
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This reports covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2011

Programme outcome

30 Mar 2012
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Philippines (the)
Humanitarian Bulletin Philippines, No.3, 9-30 March 2012

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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HIGHLIGHTS

· A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Negros Oriental triggers emergency response

· The Philippine Government releases the national plan for disaster management and risk reduction

· In Iligan, the WASH cluster makes progress in supporting the Government rebuild the water system

· Regional authorities transfer cluster leadership to city governments in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan

· On 18 March, the Peace Panels of the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front met for the 26th round of talks in Kuala Lumpur

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

26 Mar 2012
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Viet Nam
and 1 other
Japan help upgrade flood-hit Mekong delta

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Government of Viet Nam

Japan will provide Vietnam with non-refundable assistance worth 600 million JPY (7.2 million USD) to rehabilitate public infrastructure damaged by floods and storms last year in the Mekong delta. An exchange note to this effect was signed in Hanoi on Mar. 21 between Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Tanizaki Yasuaki. Addressing the signing ceremony, Minister Phat highly appreciated Japan’s assistance to Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in particular, in overcoming consequences of natural calamities.

14 Mar 2012
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Philippines (the)
European Commission provides assistance to typhoon affected schools, barangays

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Government of the Philippines

CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 14 (PIA) -- Around 15 elementary and integrated schools and 13 barangays of Maddela and Nagtipunan who were affected by typhoons Pedring and Quiel last year, received assistance such as Health/WASH and disaster risk reduction trainings from the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) office of the European Union, the world's biggest donor of humanitarian aid, through the assistance of the German and Spanish Red Cross.

12 Mar 2012
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Thailand
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Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP): South East Asia (ECHO/-XA/BUD/2012/92000) - Last update: 05/03/12, Version 1

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European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
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  1. CONTEXT

The 2011 typhoon season in South East Asia took a heavy humanitarian toll. Five countries (Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao PDR), already affected by successive storms and tropical depressions in mid-2011, endured the consequences of two major typhoons (Nesat and Nalgae) in the space of 5 days between September and October.

04 Mar 2012
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Philippines (the)
Quirino Red Cross conducts basic disaster management training

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Government of the Philippines

By Thelma C. Bicarme

MADDELA, Quirino, March 3 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Quirino chapter has conducted a three-day basic disaster management training here last February 27 to 29, attended by 29 school heads, education supervisors, disaster action officers, and presidents of parents, teachers and community associations.

Jesusa Leal, chapter administrator, said the training is part of the Spanish and German Red Cross Societies-sponsored Emergency Assistance to People Affected by Typhoons (Nesat-Nalgae) in the northern provinces of Qurino and Isabela.

29 Feb 2012
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Philippines (the)
Medical care also for inhabitants of remote mountain regions

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Humedica

Since the end of December 2011, the humedica relief measures in the Philippines have been coordinated by Christiane Bähr. In autumn last year, and – most recently – shortly before Christmas, several typhoons had caused devastation and misery there. Together with medical teams, each of which is active for a period of about two weeks, the relief assistant from Hildesheim helps the local population.

14 Feb 2012
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Philippines (the)
GIEWS Country Briefs: Philippines 13-February-2012

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FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

Generally favourable rains during the 2011/12 secondary crop season

Severe typhoons affected paddy rice crop of the 2011 main season

Prices of rice and maize have remained stable

Food insecurity concerns rise for the affected population due to the adverse impact of the Nesat and Nalgae typhoons

Generally favourable rains during the 2011/12 secondary crop season

02 Feb 2012
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Viet Nam
Country Plan – Programme Update no. 2 (MAAVN001)

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IFRC
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This report covers the period 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011.

In brief

Programme outcome
To strengthen the Viet Nam Red Cross society's (VNRC) role as the leading humanitarian organization in Viet Nam.

Programme summary
The period from July to November saw significant progress on the planned activities. Being the disaster season, the national society implemented crucial emergency interventions while maintaining its efforts in annual projects. The focus on improved learning and capacity building was intensified.

20 Jan 2012
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Philippines (the)
ACT Appeal: Assistance to Typhoon-affected - PHL112

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Appeal Target: US$ 667,288 Balance Requested: US$ 637,788

Geneva, 17 January 2012

Dear Colleagues,

Barely recovering from the devastation of super Typhoon Mina, occurred in August 2011, followed by back to back super typhoons and Nalgae in September 2011, the Philippines was again battered by typhoon Washi on December 16, 2011.

20 Jan 2012
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China
Appeal No. MAACN001 Programme update no. 2

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IFRC
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In brief

Disaster response - As of 20 December 2011, various natural disasters this year had left 1,081 people dead or missing in China, 440 million people affected and created over 311 billion yuan (approx. 49 billion dollars) in direct economic losses.[1] In the second half of 2011, China was hit mainly by several floods and earthquakes. With the support of IFRC regional delegation, the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) responded swiftly to the serious disasters with relief items and other assistance needed.

06 Jan 2012
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Philippines (the)
and 17 others
Humanitarian Funding Update for Asia Pacific - Fourth Quarter 2011

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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DISASTER EVENTS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN 2011

Asia and the Pacific continues to live up to its reputation as the world’s most natural-disaster-prone region. The International Disaster Database, EM-DAT, reports 89 natural-disaster events in the region in 2011. In terms of the number of events, China (14), Indonesia (6) and the Philippines (22) top the list. However, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand suffered the greatest number of lives lost.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

06 Jan 2012
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Philippines (the)
2011 Top 10 Philippine Destructive Tropical Cyclones

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Government of the Philippines
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From January to December, nineteen (19) TCs entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), ten (10) of them were destructive namely Tropical Storm (TS) Bebeng (May 8-11); Typhoon Chedeng (May 20-28); TS TS Falcon ( June 21-25) Typhoon Juaning, (July 25-28), Typhoon Kabayan (July 28-Aug 5); Typhoon Mina (Aug 21-29), Typhoon Pedring (Sept 24-28) , Typhoon Quiel (Sept 29 –Oct 2); TD Ramon (Oct 10-14); and Tropical Storm Sendong (Dec 15-18).

22 Dec 2011
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Japan
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DRR exchange between Japan and the Philippines

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UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

By Yuki Matsuoka

Kobe, 22 December 2011 - UNISDR has organized an exchange visit between the Philippines and Japan, two of the countries worst-affected this year by a series of disasters ranging from a major earthquake which triggered a tsunami and a nuclear meltdown in Japan, and back-to-back typhoons in the case of the Philippines.

19 Dec 2011
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Philippines (the)
Philippines tragedy underlines need for improved risk management

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UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

GENEVA, 19 December 2011 - The UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, today extended her sympathy to the people of Mindanao in the Philippines, following the great loss of life resulting from Typhoon Sendong.

07 Dec 2011
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Philippines (the)
ICRC in the Philippines – Delegation newsletter, December 2011

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Content

  • Editorial

  • Ploughing through; supporting farmers' livelihoods in Central Mindanao

  • Growing green in Surigalo Del Sur

  • Senior military officers join operational law workshop

  • Management of TB training held in Cebu City

  • Asia-Pacific journalists discuss reporting on violence in Manila conference

05 Dec 2011
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Viet Nam
US$400,000 to build storm-proof houses in Danang

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Government of Viet Nam

The Danang municipal People’s Committee has approved a US$400,000 project to build storm-resistant houses for residents living in high risk areas for natural disasters.

The project, assisted by the US Rockefeller Foundation, will be implemented in eight communes in Son Tra, Lien Chieu, Ngu Hanh Son, and Hoa Vang districts. It aims to strengthen the capacity of communes and districts that are frequently affected by floods to cope with the situation, adapt to climate change, manage risks, and prepare for natural disasters in order to reduce their negative impacts.

28 Nov 2011
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World
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Extreme weather endangers food security 2010-11: A grim foretaste of future suffering and hunger?

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Oxfam
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Durban climate talks must deliver action to prevent spiraling hunger

In the last year extreme weather events shocked global markets contributing to soaring wheat prices and imperiling food security in many parts of the world, according to research compiled by Oxfam at the start of the Durban climate talks.

This year could be a grim foretaste of what is to come as new warnings from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show extreme weather events are likely to increase in frequency and severity without action to tackle climate change.