Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan Situation Report

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Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) via ReliefWeb (as of November 19, 2013)

  • Over 13.2 million people are affected by Typhoon Haiyan, of whom over 4.4 million people are displaced from their homes, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
       
  • Phone networks have been restored in 85 per cent of 419 municipalities in the three worst-affected regions of Central, Eastern and Western Visayas. Electricity is improving but remains unavailable in some areas of Eastern Visayas region.
       
  • Infrastructure damage is severe. Over 1 million houses are damaged or destroyed. An initial rapid assessment estimates that 80 to 90 per cent of schools in Aklan, Capiz and Iloilo provinces in Western Visayas are damaged or destroyed.
       
  • All municipalities in Leyte province are now accessible. In addition, 146 roads have been repaired and cleared of debris in MIMAROPA, Bicol and Eastern, Central and Western Visayas regions.

Download the complete United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Report (as of 19 November 2013) (PDF download)

 

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