Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (4 - 10 November 2025)

THAILAND
Flooding continues to affect 65 districts across 15 provinces, mostly in the Central Region, impacting close to 500,000 people, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM). While local authorities report that the situation remains within their response capacity, authorities for the city of Bangkok continue to closely monitor water levels along the Chao Phraya River due to ongoing discharges from upstream dams and reservoirs. The authorities are also maintaining flood prevention measures in low-lying areas as Thailand’s monsoon season draws to a close.

PHILIPPINES
On 9 November, Super Typhoon Fung-Wong (local name Uwan) made landfall in Dinalungan, Aurora, with maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h. Due to its wide diameter of 1,800 kilometres the storm affected 13 out of 18 regions in the country. With early warnings in place, more than 1.5 million people were pre-emptively evacuated. National authorities report 6 casualties and 21 missing. An estimated 2.7 million people were affected, with 1.18 million people still displaced. Over 11,600 evacuation centres are operating, 10,800 remaining in evacuation centers and around 1 million displaced outside. Super Typhoon Uwan caused widespread damage and losses, the full extent of which is still to be determined as many areas remain flooded and without power or telecommunications. In the agriculture and fisheries sector, strong winds, heavy rainfall, and flooding severely affected key agricultural commodities, leading to production losses. Since late September, the Philippines has had to deal with multiple shocks (Super Typhoon Ragasa, Typhoon Bualoi. A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Cebu, 7.4 magnitude earthquake off Davao Oriental, Typhoon Kalmaegi, and Super Typhoon Fung-Wong) which have stretched the capacities of disaster responders and humanitarian agencies alike.

AFGHANISTAN
Humanitarian partners continue to scale up assistance in areas affected by the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan on 3 November 2025. As of 10 November, 3,027 families have been identified as affected, with 874 homes destroyed and 2,153 damaged. More than 2,200 families have so far received assistance fro the UN and humanitarian partners.

MALAYSIA/MYANMAR
A boat capsized off the coast of Malaysia and Thailand carrying up to 70 people from Myanmar, including Rohingya. Some 13 people were brought ashore safely by Malaysian authorities. But at least 21 people died, including two teenage Rohingya girls recovered by Thai authorities. The rest of the passengers remain unaccounted for.

UNHCR and IOM commended the authorities and local communities in Malaysia for their life-saving efforts in rescuing those from the capsized boat. At the time of reporting, there are concerns about the scale of potential loss of life as at least one other boat is reportedly still at sea, carrying about 230 people. So far this year, more than 5,300 Rohingya refugees have embarked on dangerous maritime journeys from Bangladesh and Myanmar, with over 600 reported to be missing or dead.