Philippines: Multiple Tropical Cyclones - Situation Report No. 1 (As of 27 November 2024)

On behalf of the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), this report is produced by OCHA Philippines in collaboration with humanitarian partners. Since the impact of Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Trami (Kristine), flash updates were released regularly. Reporting is now shifted to this situation report and this covers 19 to 26 November 2024.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Over 214,167 individuals remain displaced across six regions a month later since Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Trami/ Kristine and after six typhoons in total. Many of the displaced families are residing outside evacuation centres (ECs) in informal shelters exposed to the elements.

• A total of 255,466 homes have been damaged, including 19,010 completely destroyed, leaving thousands without adequate shelter or forced to live in makeshift structures.

• Approximately, 5,240 classrooms have been either totally or partially damaged, with 209 schools currently being used as evacuation centers, delaying the resumption of classes for millions of learners.

• Over 13,000 hectares of farmland have been affected, resulting in production losses exceeding 10,000 metric tons and severely impacting farming and fishing livelihoods.

• Substantial damage to health facilities, disrupted services, and reports of increased cases of respiratory and skin diseases highlight the urgent need for medical supplies and rehabilitation of health infrastructure.

• The distribution of food packs is sufficient for only a few days underscores the urgency for sustained food assistance and emergency or alternative livelihood interventions, particularly in agriculture-dependent areas.

• Critical Gaps in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)include damage to water systems and refilling stations has left many communities without access to clean water, increasing the risk of disease outbreaks.

• Significant coordination and resource constraints resulted from the successive storms that have exhausted prepositioned supplies, overstretched responders, and exposed gaps in resettlement planning and cluster coordination. This necessitates additional funding and strategic resource deployment.

• The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has approvedUS$3.5 million under the Rapid Response window to cover priority sectors like WASH, non-food items (NFIs), emergency shelter, food, protection services for genderbased violence (GBV) and sexual reproductive health (SRH) and camp coordination and camp management (CCCM).
This will contribute to the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP)v Plan launched on 12 November.

• In support of the HNP requirement of $32.9 million, financial contributions and/or pledges were received from member states such as the United States, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea (RoK), European Commission’s ECHO and Australia to cover 210,000 individuals in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.