Philippines: Super Typhoon Uwan/Fung-wong Consolidated Rapid Assessment Report - 20 November 2025

Situation Overview

The Philippines is continuing its recovery from two powerful, back-to-back typhoons that struck within one week, compounding the impacts of a series of disasters since late September.

On 2 November 2025, Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi (local name Tino) intensified into a typhoon before its first landfall on 04 November in Southern Leyte. Typhoon Tino made several landfalls across the islands in the Visayas including Cebu, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, Iloilo and Palawan. The typhoon caused massive flooding, multiple flash floods and landslides across areas in the Visayas resulting in over 250 fatalities with over 100 still missing.
In less than a week after typhoon Tino devastated the Visayas, Super Typhoon Fung-Wong (local name Uwan) made landfall in Dinalungan, Aurora in 09 November with maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h.

Due to its wide diameter of 1,800 kilometers the storm affected 16 out of 18 regions in the country. Ahead of the landfall of super typhoon Uwan, more than 1.5 million people were pre-emptively evacuated. National authorities report 33 casualties and 1 missing.

As of 20 November, Typhoon Tino affected more than 5.4 million people, with 80,100 people still displaced staying with friends or family while 191,100 people are in evacuation centres. More than four hundred fifty evacuation centres remain operational mainly in 7. A total of 274,100 houses were reported damaged and 42,780 totally destroyed.
For Super Typhoon Uwan, 7.6 million people were affected, with 118,000 people still displaced staying with friends or relatives. Almost 303,400 people are displaced and staying in evacuation centers.

Both storms caused major disruptions to the education sector, with class suspensions affecting an estimated 17 million leaners, and thousands of school personnel. Damage to school infrastructure is extensive based on reports from the Department of Education, significantly affecting the continuity of learning in the hardest-hit provinces. Many schools will require substantial repairs before face-to-face classes can safely resume, increasing pressure on already stretched local education services.

Agriculture, one of the most affected sectors from previous disasters this year, has sustained severe losses from both typhoons. Combined estimates from the Department of Agriculture’s DRRM Operations Center indicate total value losses of USD $53.7 million (PHP 3.17 billion) from Uwan and $16.4 million (PHP 968 million) from Tino. The storms have impacted 84,375 farmers and fisherfolk, with large areas of cropland unable to recover: 33.57 per cent (8,726 ha) of affected agricultural lands under Uwan and 30.17 per cent (5,395 ha) under Tino face prolonged damage. These losses come during peak harvest periods, further straining food supply and household incomes.

Since late September, the Philippines had been impacted by multiple shocks with Super Typhoon Ragasa,
Typhoon Bualoi, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Cebu, 7.4 and 6.8 magnitude earthquake off Davao Oriental and 6.2 earthquake in Surigao del Sur which have stretched the capacities of disaster responders and humanitarian agencies alike.