GLIDE n° TC-2012-000181-VNM

Summary:

CHF 20,874 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 30 October 2012 to support the Viet Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) in implementing disaster response preparedness activities. VNRC was able to deploy its national disaster response team (NDRT) to provinces likely to be affected by Typhoon Son-Tinh when it was to make landfall in Viet Nam.

Source:China Meteorological News Press

Recently many departments included Ministry of Civil Affair and General Office of National Committee for Disaster Reduction organized meetings to analyze the conditions of natural disasters of China in 2012.

MANILA, 28 November 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippines is making headway in integrating disaster preparedness into primary and high school curricula, say officials.

"The net effect of this is that children will actively become agents in saving themselves and others in cases of disaster," Office of Civil Defence chief Benito Ramos told IRIN in Manila. "The ultimate goal is zero casualties by making them [children] less vulnerable in such situations."

Laguna Lake, 13 November 2012 — Communities around Laguna Lake, just east of the capital, Manila, are still suffering from the aftermath of flooding from a succession of tropical storms, the latest of which, Typhoon Ofel, hit the country late last month.

"I can hear the waves crashing into the walls of our house [at night]", Helen, a 53-year old grandmother and long-time resident of Laguna, said while standing in the kitchen where lake water still splashed on her feet.

By Rutchie C. Aguhob

BONIFACIO, Misamis Occidental, Nov. 8 (PIA) -- The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) here, has passed a resolution recommending to the Sangguniang Bayan (SB), the declaration of a state of calamity in areas greatly affected by the recent floods.

The floods was due to the heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Ofel, last October 24-25, causing the Usogan River to overflow and submerged the rice fields of at least seven barangays, namely: Lilo-an, Lower Usogan, Linconan, Tiaman, Bolinsong, D. Fernan and Digson.

By Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

BONIFACIO, Misamis Occidental, Nov 7 (PIA) – At least P21.4 million worth of government projects and properties here were damaged due to the floods brought about by Typhoon Ofel from October 24 to 25.

Heavy rains caused the Usogan River to overflow destroying the flood control structure that led the water to change its course and subsequently turned the ricefields into a vast lake, Mayor Samson R. Dumajug said.

HAIKOU, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Son-Tinh, the 23rd typhoon of the year, has killed one person and left another six missing in south China's Hainan Province, as well as affected over 1.26 million others, local authorities said Thursday.

Rainstorms and heavy winds have forced 52,000 people to relocate thus far, according to the provincial civil affairs bureau.

The wind and rain have damaged 44,700 hectares of farmland and 1,320 houses, as well as caused direct economic losses of 990 million yuan (158.69 million U.S. dollars), the bureau said.

English.news.cn 2012-10-31 23:46:56

BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Son-Tinh, the 23rd typhoon of the year, wreaked havoc in south China, damaging crops, flattening houses and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

Influenced by the typhoon, the island province of Hainan was pelted by heavy rains to rainstorms, coming along with force nine to ten gales, according to the Hainan Provincial Civil Affairs Bureau.