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This inter-agency Gender Alert outlines the primary issues impacting women, men, girls, boys, and non-binary individuals in all their diverse and intersecting identities following TC Trami/STS Kristine) and the succeeding typhoons (TC Kong-rey/STY Leon, TC Yinxing/TY Marce, and TC Toraji/TY Nika). It aims to guide humanitarian responders in implementing effective interventions and actions that support both immediate response and long-term recovery efforts.
In less than a month, the Philippines has been struck by five typhoons, namely the following:
- Tropical Cyclone Trami (Kristine) which made landfall on 22 October, bringing intense rains, floods, and landslides in all 17 regions, but heavily affecting Regions 2, 4-A, and 5.
- Tropical Cyclone Kong-rey (Leon) which made landfall on 27 October, which brought more rains to already affected areas, and severely affecting Batanes. According to the latest DSWD DROMIC report, a total of 2,558,769 families or 9,994,142 persons have been affected in all 17 regions as a result of TCs Trami and Kong-rey.
- Tropical Cyclone Yinxing (Marce), a third typhoon, made landfall on 7 November at Cagayan Valley, bringing strong winds, storm surge inundation and torrential rainfall. Impacts were also felt at Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region. The latest DSWD DROMIC reported a total of 115,648 families or 492,793 persons affected in Regions 1, 2, and CAR.
- Tropical Cyclone Toraji (Nika), made landfall on 12 November, bringing additional strong winds and heavy rains and affecting 45,647 families or 172,343 persons in Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, and CAR.
On 13 November, TC Usagi (Ofel) has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). TC Usagi’s typhoon track will continue to affect Northern Luzon, particularly Regions 1, 2, 3 4-A, 5, CAR.
A sixth weather system is also currently forming outside of PAR and will be named TS Man-Yi (Pepito) when it enters PAR on 14 November.
As of writing, no age-, sex-, and disability disaggregated data on the affected populations have been shared officially, and no cumulative information on affected populations from TC Trami to the current typhoon, TC Usagi (Ofel). However, we can assume that 50% of those displaced are women, 30 percent are below 18 years old, and 2 percent are people with disabilities, based on PSA 2020 Census Data.
A total of 256 cities and municipalities in the country have declared a State of Calamity status. Local capacities are stretched due to compounding impacts of consecutive typhoons. Access issues to many areas continue to be likely due to flooded and damaged roads, significantly delaying the arrival of critical assistance and services, access to markets and essential government services, and safe evacuation. The already vulnerable women, men, girls and boys of diverse and intersecting identities face continued food insecurity, lack of access to essential life-saving items particularly safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, hygiene and dignity kits, kitchen sets, medical supplies, temporary learning spaces, as well as critical services such as health, GBV and protection services. Priority areas to monitor are Regions I, II, III, 4-A, 5 and CAR, which have been on the path of the previous four typhoons and the current and next one.