IOM Philippines - Typhoon Hagupit Response
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SITUATION REPORT No. 4
12 December 2014
An IOM camp manager gives instruction to evacuees inside the Leyte Normal University Gym in Tacloban City last 5 December © IOM 2014
OVERVIEW Typhoon Hagupit entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility at 3:00 am on 4 December and was locally named “Ruby”. Over one week, Hagupit’s wind speed fluctuated before making its first landfall in the Dolores municipality of Eastern Samar province at 9:15 pm on 5 December with maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h and gusts of up to 210 km/h (Category 3). Typhoon Hagupit affected several regions, with most severe damage in the Provinces of Eastern Samar in Region VIII, making landfalls approximately 180 km north of Typhoon Haiyan. Although there is a degree of overlap between the two affected areas – especially in the central municipalities of Eastern Samar – the worst affected areas from Hagupit are outside of Typhoon Haiyan affected areas. According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as of 11th December 2014, more than 8,300 families are residing in 143
HIGHLIGHTS Relief materials such as 2,000 hygiene kits, 2,000 jerry cans, 1,000 Aquatabs arrived in Tacloban City and are ready for distribution _____________ Considering there is no electricity available in some areas, IOM distributed solar lamps _______________ Validations of damaged houses are underway and IOM teams will shortly start with shelter distributions _______________ IOM teams began to roll out the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in affected communities to identify the gaps and needs of the displaced families evacuation centres in 23 different municipalities in Eastern Samar. As of 11 December, it was reported from different sources including the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) that 27,270 houses have been totally damaged and 77,542 houses have been partially damaged.