Typhoon Rai/Odette: 100 days on

It has been 100 days since Typhoon Rai, locally known as Odette, pummelled coastal communities across 11 out of 17 regions of the Philippines. The typhoon damaged over 2.1 million houses destroying 426,000 altogether, affected 533,000 farmers and fishermen by destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of coconut trees and crops, and damaging 8,000 fishing boats.

The Government mounted a robust response, but the overwhelming scale of needs has required support from humanitarian agencies and civil society organizations.

Since then, international, and national aid agencies have mobilized almost US$60 million, or one third of what is needed to help the most vulnerable through the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Plan, which calls for $169 million to help 840,000 people.

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