Appeal Target: US$ 432,313
Geneva, 7 October 2011
Dear colleagues,
While recovering from the devastation caused by super Typhoon Mina in August this year, communities and families in many provinces in Luzon were again hit by back to back super typhoons Nesat and Typhoon Nalgae, which wrecked havoc in most parts of Luzon. Nesat affected thousands of families in the 17 cities and municipalities in Metro Manila, especially those living in low-lying and flood-prone areas. The situation was worsened with the Typhoon Nalgae which brought-in heavy rains and badly affected provinces in Northern and Central Luzon.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that a total of 1,183,530 families or 5,534,410 persons have been affected in 3,252 villages in 349 municipalities, 41 cities in the 34 provinces of Regions I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, and V, CAR, NCR and Region VI. The number of Typhoon Nesat affected population alone practically comprised three-fourths of the average number of disaster-affected population in a given year, which is at 7 million.
The NDRRMC also reported that the national death toll from Typhoons Nesat and Nalgae climbed to 55 individuals with 63 others injured and 30 more others still missing. Destruction of property was placed at 7,540 totally damaged houses and 41,224 partially damaged houses. Region II particularly the province of Isabela has the most number of totally and partially damaged houses at 4,706 houses and 24,119 respectively.
The preliminary appeal covers the initial plans of NCCP which has already started its response using its own and local resources. NCCP has planned to provide food, NFI, health, psychosocial care, livelihood restoration and shelter reconstruction support to a maximum of 10,000 families.