After typhoon Damrey left more than 3,000 vietnamese families homeless last September, a UNDP project used smartphones to collect data on destroyed homes and keep track of reconstruction progress.
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US$54 million funding required to recover from Typhoon Damrey
4.33 million people were affected at the peak of the floods, with almost 400,000 people in need of immediate humanitarian assistance from national and international partners.
Viet Nam + 5 more
Southeast Asia strengthens multi-hazard early warning systems
Running until March 2021, the project will strengthen weather-, climate- and water-related impact-based decision support services and so help protect lives and property.
Bangladesh + 4 more
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights flooding in Viet Nam, displacement in Myanmar, Afghanistan
Typhoon Damrey is estimated to have caused damage of about US$600 million in Viet Nam. On 19 November Tropical Storm Kirogi struck, hitting many of the areas affected by Damrey.
More than a week after Typhoon Damrey, 150,000 children at risk of malnutrition in Viet Nam
About 150,000 children under-five are at risk of malnutrition and over 80,000 pregnant and nursing women need special care. Children in poor remote areas are still underserved by relief efforts.
Up to one million children affected by Typhoon Damrey in Viet Nam
Typhoon Damrey is likely to be one of the worst storms to strike the country's central-southern coastal region in years. At least four children have died and two are still missing.
Bangladesh + 4 more
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights Typhoon Damrey in Viet Nam and floods in Malaysia
Typhoon Damrey caused 29 deaths and damaged nearly 40,000 houses, while at least seven people were killed and more than 3,500 were evacuated in Penang following severe flash floods.
Philippines + 3 more
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights floods in Indonesia and Typhoon Haima
Incessant rains across Java Island and in Aceh and Jambi provinces triggered floods. The government warned that 41 million people across Indonesia were at moderate or high at risk of landslides.
Philippines + 3 more
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights Typhoon Haima and flooding in Indonesia
Between 29 and 31 October, 5,000 houses were flooded in Gorontalo and West Java provinces in Indonesia, affecting about 15,700 people and killing three children.
Preparedness saves thousands as Typhoon Haima sweeps across northern Philippines
The government pre-emptively evacuated more than 158,000 people before Haima struck, although it is estimated more than 92,000 people remain in 640 evacuation centres.
Philippines + 5 more
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights flooding and displacement across Southeast Asia
Approximately 159,000 people are displaced and an estimated eight have been killed in the Philippines due to Typhoon Haima; 250 hectares of rice have been damaged in Indonesia.
IFRC launches emergency appeal to assist people affected by Typhoon Haima
IFRC seeks funding to bring immediate and medium-term aid to 20,000 people in North and Central Luzon, as well as to support their recovery and increase their resilience to future shocks.
Typhoon Haima displaces over 200,000 people in Philippines
A total of 200,862 people are now displaced in CAR and Regions I, II, III, IV-A and V, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Eight dead as Typhoon Haima hits the Philippines
According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the typhoon has affected more than 100,000 people with over 40,000 people in evacuation centers.
Philippines + 3 more
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights Typhoon Sarika and flooding in the Philippines
An estimated 520,000 people across Sri Lanka remain affected by drought as flooding affects thousands in the Philippines while at least 21 have died in Viet Nam.