Situation Report December 6, 2012

Typhoon Bopha has killed people over 400 people as reported by media while affecting over 5 million people (a million families) in Mindanao. Reports said that 348,392 people have evacuated in the 541 evacuation centers.

Jerry Tonnel reported from Mindanao:

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - Heavy rain fueled by a tropical storm is causing extensive flooding across the Philippines. The HOPE worldwide team is safe but deeply affected by the floods. As of 7 a.m. today, the water level at the Laguna Center of HOPE worldwide reached 4 - 5 feet. Yesterday afternoon the children were evacuated to the second floor of the administration building. We are looking for a location to relocate them should the water level keep rising. We are also seeking temporary housing for the HOPE worldwide staff and their families affected by flooding.

Continuous rain in the last few days have caused flood at dawn (around 04:00 am local time) on the first day of August.

Three people are reported missing while 599 people displaced, as reported by Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency).

As of 18:00pm local time, areas of Nusaniwe, Sirimau, Teluk Ambon, Baguala, and Leitimur still flooded while landslide occurred in several places.

Immediate needs include meals ready to eat, sandbags, mattress, clothes, blankets, and cooking kits.

On December 17 th , 2011 (local time), Tropical Storm Washi washed through the southern part of The Philippines, bringing 957 dead, 1,582 injured, and 49 missing as reported by Benito Ramos of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Dec 20, 2011. The storm damaged 10, 345 homes.

NDRRMC also reported that 338,415 people (63,079 families) are affected while 42,773 people are staying at evacuation centers. Locals call the tropical storm ‘Sendong’.

Iligan and Cagayan de Oro are the two port cities on Northern Mindanao that suffer greatly.

Excessive rain and overflowing capacity of reservoirs in Thailand has brought flooding to 28 of 77 provinces. 366 people have been reported dead so far while 2.5 Million people are affected by the flood. 4 Million acres of agriculture land has been flooded.

The capital of Thailand, Bangkok, which is known for its Chao Praya River is also flooded. Residents have moved into evacuation centers such as Don Muang Airport, only to be moved again to other areas as Don Muang area is also receiving flood water.

Pakistan Flood Relief – Feeding the Hungry

A perspective of a humanitarian worker in the Tsunami sites of Japan.

April 21, 2011. Tohoku is the name people call Northeast Japan areas, where Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima Prefectures are located and affected by May 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The devastation is huge, as long as 500 km of coastline, with populated cities, fishing ports, factories, and nuclear power plants.

Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of people around the globe, on December 1st, HOPE worldwide began a winterization program in Charsadda District of Khyber Pashtun Kwah (KPK) Province in Pakistan. In this program we distributed over 800 heavy winter blankets to families hardest hit by the late summer floods. This particular area feels the full brunt of strong winter weather, and these families still have no homes other than government provided tents. In preparation for the distribution, our team (including 11 local volunteers), headed by our

HOPE worldwide disaster relief teams are on the ground bringing hope to the victims of various disasters, trying to provide reliefs in such troubled time.

Mentawai Islands, West Sumatera Earthquake and Tsunami. October 25, 2010

As of October 27, 2010 evening , the