Tag: Haiyan

Gov’t looking to replenish People’s Survival Fund for climate adaptation projects

(Eagle News)–The Philippines is looking to replenish the People’s Survival Fund, intended for climate adaptation projects, with the help of various donors and multilateral financing institutions, the Department of Finance said. According to Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, among the multilateral financing institutions that could aid countries, including the Philippines, are the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which provided the country assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. He added there are also available donors through multilateral development banks […]

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UPDATED: Death toll due to typhoon Odette rises to over 200

  by Allison Jackson and Ron Lopez Agence France Presse The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 200 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food. The Philippine Red Cross reported “complete carnage” in coastal areas after Typhoon Rai left homes, hospitals and schools “ripped to shreds”. The storm tore off roofs, uprooted trees, toppled concrete power poles, smashed wooden houses to […]

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UPDATED: Supertyphoon “Odette” makes record 9 landfalls

Odette (int’l name Rai) has made more landfalls than supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan)   (Eagle News) — Supertyphoon Odette (international name Rai) has made nine landfalls in the country, exceeding the record of Supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan) which only made six landfalls in 2013. Odette made its latest and ninth landfall at 3:10 p.m. on Friday, December 17, in Roxas, Palawan. Earlier at exactly 12 a.m. Friday, December 17, it made its eighth landfall in La Libertad, […]

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Five years after Typhoon Haiyan, scores still in harm’s way

  by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse TACLOBAN, Philippines (AFP) — Diofel Llamado fled for his life when Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines in 2013, yet today he is back living in the same coastal area — even if it puts him in the crosshairs of a future killer storm. On the fifth anniversary of the Philippines’ deadliest typhoon on record, his return is emblematic of the struggle in developing nations to move people […]

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Typhoon Mangkhut intensifies; PAGASA predicts wind speeds near Haiyan’s strength before it enters PHL Wednesday

  (Eagle News) — Super typhoon “Mangkhut” has further intensified as it continued to move westward towards Luzon, as forecasters predicted that the super typhoon could reach wind speeds nearing the intensity of supertyphoon Haiyan upon its expected entry into the country by tomorrow evening, Wednesday, Sept. 12. The eye of typhoon Mangkhut as of 4 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, was located based on all available data at 1,820 km East of Southern Luzon with […]

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President Duterte: “We were ignorant” when typhoon Yolanda hit

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said “we were ignorant” when typhoon Yolanda hit in November 2013. Duterte made the statement during the launch of the first-ever humanitarian mission ship, MV Amazing Grace. “I was really appalled that despite the fact that the warning came to us early, (that there was the) most powerful typhoon so far in the century, many of our countrymen took it lightly,” he noted. “We were ignorant when the typhoon hit,” Duterte, […]

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Farmers struggle to find alternative livelihood, a year after Haiyan devastation

(Reuters) — A year after Typhoon Haiyan tore through central Philippines, coconut farmers whose livelihoods were destroyed in the disaster have turned to alternative sources of work. Typhoon Haiyan wiped out or damaged practically everything in its path as it swept ashore on Nov. 8, 2013, with seven-metre storm surges destroying around 90 percent of the city of Tacloban in Leyte province. Haiyan killed or left missing close to 8,000 people and displaced as many […]

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One year after super typhoon Haiyan, Philippines approves rebuilding plan

(Reuters) – Almost a year after a super typhoon devastated wide areas of the central Philippines killing thousands, President Benigno Aquino only this week approved a $3.74 billion master plan to rebuild housing, social services and public infrastructure. Typhoon Haiyan wiped out or damaged practically everything in its path as it swept ashore on Nov. 8, 2013, with seven-metre storm surges destroying around 90 percent of the city of Tacloban in Leyte province. Haiyan killed […]

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Aquino thanks EU, Spain for typhoon Haiyan assistance

President Benigno S. Aquino III conveyed his appreciation to the European Union for its assistance in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).In his meeting with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, President Aquino reiterated the “profound appreciation of the Filipino people for the solidarity that the European Union has demonstrated.”“The overwhelming humanitarian assistance of the European Union represents a great contribution to our national recovery and reconstruction efforts,” the President said during the joint press […]

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President Aquino stresses need to do more to reduce climate change risks

By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, June 5 (PNA) — With tragedies caused by climate change becoming more frequent, devastating and larger in scale, President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday stressed the need to do more to reduce the risks due to natural disasters. Speaking before delegates at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management held at the Diamond Hotel, the President said it is about time the government be […]

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Typhoon “Yolanda” survivors still struggle to recover six months after tragedy

(Reuters) — Survivors continued to face enormous challenges to rebuild their lives nearly six months after super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms to make landfall anywhere, reduced almost everything in its path to rubble when it swept ashore in the Central Philippines on November 8. A report by the national disaster agency place the numbers of deaths at 6,300 people. Haiyan left four million either homeless or with damaged homes. The Southeast Asian country, estimated […]

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Supertyphoon “Yolanda” could be the norm for PHL soon, says Salceda

By Philippine News Agency LEGAZPI CITY — The onset of the rainy season and the typhoons that come with it have understandably elicited apprehension among many Filipinos who fear another supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan) may visit them. No less that Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, co-chairman of the United Nations Green Climate Fund (GCF) for Southeast Asia and the developing countries, has warned that “Yolanda” may no longer be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but “could be the norm […]

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