Nutrition is also a concern, given the irregular provisionof instant food products.ACT is preparing an international ACTappeal to provide additional assistance of food, drinking water, nonfoodrelief items, basic medicines and personal hygiene items. Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $1.09 billion in damages and 747 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 789 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion.
A total of 7,908 persons have been saved throughtheir combined effort.Congregations should send donations throughtheir normal mission giving channels.ReliefWeb Labs projects explore new and emerging opportunities to improve information delivery to humanitarians.The National Disaster Coordinating Council(NDCC), an agency of the Philippine government under the Department ofNational Defense responsible for ensuring the protection and welfare ofthe people during disasters or emergencies, has issued a State of NationalCalamity in the following areas:Access your account or create a new one for additional features or to post job or training opportunities.Find help on how to use the site, read terms and conditions, view the FAQs and API documentation.Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is workingwith our partners, the United Church of Christ in the Philippines and theNational Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP). You can select a future forecast for up to seven days, and also change the overlay from wind to alternatively view: waves, temperature, pressure and precipitation.
Support for localpartners will include transportation, communications and operational supportfor volunteers and relief coordinators as well as design of relief packagesthat are compliant with Sphere Minimum Standards of disaster relief, monitoringand reporting.List of alerts, ongoing and past disasters covered by ReliefWeb.The NDCC has deployed several assets(personnel, 12 ambulances, 33 M35 trucks, 59 rubber boats, 112 other vehicles)along with assistance from the U.S. embassy (personnel, 2 watercraft, 1chopper, 8 island cruisers). Prepare early, warns PAGASA, as the low pressure area which could become Tropical Depression Amang might bring heavy rain to … Ang Super Bagyong Yolanda (Pagtatalagang pandaigdig: Bagyong Haiyan, Kauriang pangalang: Pambabae) ay isang malakas na bagyong nanalasa sa gitnang Pilipinas noong Nobyembre 2013. The NCCP has beenmonitoring the situation through its member churches, regional ecumenicalcouncils and people's organizations in the affected areas. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm, and the eighth typhoon of the season. PAGASA reported at 10 p.m. Bagyong Falcon last sighted, 1, 400 km east of Aparri, Cagayan, moving west-northwest at 20 kph. With your meaningful insights, help shape the stories that can shape the country. ACT is preparing a package of reliefgoods, including food, water, clothes, candles, sleeping mats, mosquitonets, pots and pans, etc., that will be distributed to the most vulnerablefamilies affected in this region.In the evacuation centers, cramped conditionsand limited water and sanitation facilities pose the risk of worseninghealth conditions. PAGASA released their latest weather bulletin for Super Typhoon Yolanda at around 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM today, November 7, 2013. On Wednesday night U.S. East Coast time, JTWC estimated Hagupit's maximum sustained 1-minute wind speed at 180 mph, putting it in a tie with Super Typhoons … Here is the current weather forecast for Puerto Galera and the Philippines, presented in dynamic form.
It has a […] Sign up now!Rosita (international name Yutu) remained powerful as it continued to move toward Northern Luzon, in the areas devastated by Typhoon Ompong (Mangkhut) last month.Ompong, which made landfall over Baggao, Cagayan on Sept. 15, left at least 68 persons dead and 138 others injured in the regions of Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region, Calabarzon and the National Capital Region.PAGASA senior weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said areas under signal No. Officials said the rainfall brought by Ondoy was equal to the average monthly rainfall in a given area.Rosita was forecast to exit the Philippine area of responsibility on Thursday, All Saints’ Day. Due to Rosita’s huge diameter, Metro Manila may experience rains with gusty winds tomorrow.