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Philippines Typhoons Lola and Manny Dec 1993 UN DHA Information Reports 1-3


DHA-GENEVA 93/0501

PHILIPPINES - TYPHOON LOLA
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
7 DECEMBER 1993

SITUATION

1. TYPHOON 'MONANG' - INTERNATIONAL CODE NAME 'LOLA' - HIT THE PHILIPPINES ON 6 DECEMBER 1993, CARRYING HEAVY RAINS WITH CENTER WINDS OF 210 KM PER HOUR. THE TYPHOON AFFECTED BICOL PENINSULA ON LUZON'S EASTERN COAST, SPECIFICALLY THE PROVINCES OF CATANDUANES, CAMARINES SUR, CAMARINES NORTE AND ALBAY. THE PROVINCES OF MARINDUQUE, MINDORO ORIENTAL AND QUEZON WERE ALSO AFFECTED.

2. AS OF 7 DECEMBER, 7.30 HOURS, THE NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL (NDCC) REPORTS 33 PEOPLE DEAD, 2 INJURED AND 3 MISSING. 14,938 PERSONS (2,884) FAMILIES AFFECTED. 1,631 HOUSES TOTALLY DAMAGED AND 3,941 PARTIALLY. DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDES THE COLLAPSE OF RIVER DIKES, DISRUPTION OF ELECTRICAL AND TELEPHONE FACILITIES AND DAMAGE TO BRIDGES.

3. PRESIDENT RAMOS PLACED BICOL REGION AND SOME SOUTHERN PROVINCES UNDER A STATE OF CALAMITY. HE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF P. 6 MILLION (APPROX. USD 210,000) AS INITIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE AFFECTED AREAS, OF WHICH P. 1 MILLION TO CATANDUANES, P. 2
MILLION EACH TO ALBAY AND CAMARINES SUR, AND THE BALANCE TO NAGA CITY, CAMARINES NORTE AND LEGAZPI CITY, ALBAY.

4. EVACUATION OF 448 FAMILIES (2,683 PERSONS) EFFECTED IN THE PROVINCES OF ALBAY AND CAMARINES SUR. RELIEF PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS (PNRC) AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS. THE PROVINCIAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCILS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO MONITOR FLOODS AND LAHAR FLOWS THAT MAY BE TRIGGERED. RESIDENTS OF LAHAR-THREATENED AREAS HAVE BEEN ALERTED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.

5. UN/DHA RESIDENT COORDINATOR MONITORING SITUATION IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES. NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MADE.

= DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA +
TELEPHONE NO:+41-22-917.12.34
EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-917.20.10
DESK OFFICER: S. METZNER-STRACK, DIRECT TEL. +41-22-917.21.44
PRESS TO CONTACT:
DHA-GENEVA SPOKESPERSON: M. KHATIB,DIRECT TEL. +41-22-917.28.56

TELEX:414242 DHA CH
FAX: +41-22-917.00.23
ELECTRONIC MAIL: UNIENET DIALCOM 141:DHAGVA


DHA-GENEVA 93/0504

PHILIPPINES - TYPHOON LOLA
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
10 DECEMBER 1993

SITUATION

1. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL (NDCC) TYPHOON 'MONANG' - INTERNATIONAL CODE NAME 'LOLA' - WHICH HIT THE PHILIPPINES ON 6 DECEMBER 1993, CAUSED DAMAGES IN A TOTAL OF 10 PROVINCES (LAGUNA, BATANGAS AND RIZAL IN ADDITION TO THE PROVINCES MENTIONED IN DHA INFOREP 1 OF 7 DECEMBER 1993). IN THESE PROVINCES, FIVE CITIES (SAN PABLO, LUCENA, LEGASPI, NAGA AND IRIGA) AND 62 MUNICIPALITIES WERE AFFECTED.

2. UPDATED INFORMATION ON IMPACT AS OF 9 DECEMBER 1993, 17.00 HOURS: 162 PEOPLE DEAD, 182 INJURED AND 58 MISSING. A TOTAL OF 327,755 PERSONS WERE AFFECTED AND 43,426 RENDERED HOMELESS. THE NUMBER OF HOUSES TOTALLY DESTROYED HAS INCREASED TO 21,881, AND 47,076 WERE PARTIALLY DAMAGED. TOTAL DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT P. 428.517 MILLION (APPROX. USD 14.6 MILLION).

NATIONAL RESPONSE

4. FIFTY-SEVEN (57) EVACUATION CENTERS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WHERE 10,974 FAMILIES ARE RECEIVING RELIEF ASSISTANCE BY THE RELIEF SERVICE COMMITTEE OF THE LOCAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCILS. RELIEF ALSO PROVIDED TO NEEDY POPULATION OUTSIDE EVACUATION CENTRES. AIRLIFT OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED BY THE PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE AIRLIFTING RELIEF COMMODITIES SUPPLIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS AND BIGAY PUSO FOUNDATION. CLEARING OPERATIONS IN AREAS AFFECTED BY LANDSLIDES UNDER WAY.

TYPHOON 'MANNY'

5. TYPHOON 'NANING' - INTERNATIONAL CODE NAME 'MANNY' - THREATENING SOME OF THE SAME AREAS AFFECTED EARLIER BY TYPHOON 'MONANG'. PUBLIC STORM SIGNAL NUMBER 3 - THE HIGHEST LEVEL - IS IN EFFECT OVER CATANDUANES, ALBAY, SORSOGON, SAMAR, BURIAS ISLAND, MASBATE, BILIRAN ISLAND, ROMBLON, PANAY, THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF LEYTE, CEBU, NEGROS AND CUYO ISLAND. ACCORDING TO THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (PAGASA), THE STORM IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES OVER SAN BERNARDINO STRAIT, MASBATE AND PANAY ISLAND IN THE VISAYAS IN THE COURSE OF TODAY, 10 DECEMBER 1993.

6. UN/DHA RESIDENT COORDINATOR MONITORING SITUATION IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES. NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MADE.

= DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA +

TELEPHONE NO:+41-22-917.12.34
EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-917.20.10
DESK OFFICER: S. METZNER-STRACK, DIRECT TEL. +41-22-917.21.44
PRESS TO CONTACT:
DHA-GENEVA SPOKESPERSON: M. KHATIB,DIRECT TEL. +41-22-917.28.56

TELEX:414242 DHA CH
FAX: +41-22-917.00.23
ELECTRONIC MAIL: UNIENET DIALCOM 141:DHAGVA


DHA-GENEVA 93/0517

PHILIPPINES - TYPHOONS 'LOLA' AND 'MANNY'
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 3
16 DECEMBER 1993

SITUATION

1. TYPHOON 'NANING' - INTERNATIONAL CODE NAME 'MANNY' - HIT THE PHILIPPINES ON 10 DECEMBER 1993 - AFFECTING SOME OF THE SAME AREAS THAT HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY TYPHOON 'MONANG'. IT STRUCK NORTHERN SAMAR IN EASTERN VISAYAS, MASBATE, SORSOGON, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO AND ROMBLON, AND WORSENED THE SITUATION IN CAMARINES NORTE, CAMARINES SUR, ORIENTAL MINDORO AND MARINDUQUE.

2. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL, THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THESE TYPHOONS CAUSED THE DEATH OF 245 PERSONS, 524 WERE INJURED AND 66 ARE MISSING. A TOTAL OF 994,478 PERSONS ARE AFFECTED. 164,800 PERSONS WERE RENDERED
HOMELESS.

3. THE NUMBER OF HOUSES TOTALLY DESTROYED HAS INCREASED TO 36,913 WHILE 128,915 WERE PARTIALLY DAMAGED. TOTAL DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT P. 792.363 MILLION (APPROX. USD 27 MILLION).

4. FIFTY-SEVEN (57) EVACUATION CENTRES IN THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE ACCOMODATING 12,205 FAMILIES (70,938 PERSONS). DRY FOOD RATIONS, BLANKETS, CLOTHING AND OTHER RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IN NEED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE EVACUATION CENTRES. AIR FORCE PLANES AND HELICOPTERS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RELIEF OPERATIONS.

5. THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES ISSUED AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE ON 13 DECEMBER 1993 ASKING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF USD 2,122,147. THE PROGRAMME TO BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS SOCIETY WILL ALLOW TO PROVIDE FOOD AND NON-FOOD ASSISTANCE TO AFFECTED FAMILIES OVER A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS, ESTABLISH NUTRITION FEEDING CENTRES WHERE NEEDED, DISTRIBUTE VEGETABLE SEEDS AND FISHING NETS, AND STUDY REHABILITATION NEEDS.

6. UN/DHA RESIDENT COORDINATOR MONITORING SITUATION IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES. NO APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

+ DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS =

TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-917.12.34
EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-917.20.10

DESK OFFICER: MS. S. METZNER-STRACK DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917.21.44
PRESS TO CONTACT: M. SKANDRANI, DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917.31.14

TELEX: 414242 DHA CH
FAX: +41-22-917.00.23
ELECTRONIC MAIL: UNIENET DIALCOM 141: DHAGVA

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