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This bulletin is being issued for information only and reflects the current situation and details available at this time. The Philippine Red Cross has placed its disaster response teams on standby for rapid deployment and preparedness stocks ready for dispatch, as required.
Summary
Typhoon Rammasun (locally known as Glenda) made landfall in Albay province in the Bicol region, on the east coast of the Philippines in the late afternoon of 15 July 2014. To date, it has crossed Luzon, the most populated island in the Philippines, towards the northwest, with Cavite in Southern Luzon, and Albay and Camarines Sur in the Bicol region declared a state of calamity.
According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), as of 17 July, some 882,300 people have been affected in the Ilocos region, Central and Southern Luzon, the Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas. Forty fatalities have been reported while some 530,000 people are currently being housed in 1,200 evacuation centres in these regions. Some 26,300 homes have also been damaged in these regions, and power supply across the country has suffered intermittent interruptions.
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is dispatching food and relief items for some 2,500 families in the Albay province and has already provided hot meals to at least 8,370 people in evacuation centres. PRC has also distributed food supplies to over 1,000 families, and non-food relief items, hygiene kits, and sleeping materials.
Apart from distributions, the PRC has rescued six people, administered psychosocial support to 72 others, conducted six medical referrals, held health and hygiene promotion for 169 people, and transported four individuals to the hospital.
One response team has been deployed to Quezon province and the Bicol region, with six more assessment teams being deployed today to Camarines Sur, Albay, Laguna and Quezon provinces to conduct detailed assessments in order to inform PRC post-disaster recovery assistance.
The National Society has deployed heavy machinery and water filtration equipment in Quezon province,
Albay and Camarines Sur to help with the removal of environmental debris as well as to support affected communities with clean water supply.
PRC response staff and Red Cross 143 volunteers remain at the ready for further deployment as the situation evolves. At the PRC national headquarters, the operations centre remains on 24/7 alert and maintains communications with all related chapters.