WFP scales up response as twin typhoons strike Philippines
Life-saving food and logistics support underway as WFP races to reach communities devastated by back-to-back typhoons
MANILA, Philippines – Super typhoon Fung-Wong (known locally as Uwan) has brought catastrophic winds, torrential rainfall and heavy flooding to Luzon, the largest and most populated island in the Philippines. Fung-Wong is the 21st storm of the season and is compounding earlier devastation caused only days ago by Typhoon Kalmaegi (Tino). The two typhoons have impacted more than 8.3 million people and displaced over 1.4 million, leaving communities reeling from back-to-back disasters.
MANILA, Philippines – Super typhoon Fung-Wong (known locally as Uwan) has brought catastrophic winds, torrential rainfall and heavy flooding to Luzon, the largest and most populated island in the Philippines. Fung-Wong is the 21st storm of the season and is compounding earlier devastation caused only days ago by Typhoon Kalmaegi (Tino). The two typhoons have impacted more than 8.3 million people and displaced over 1.4 million, leaving communities reeling from back-to-back disasters.
Here are the latest updates on WFP operations:
WFP Preparedness ahead of super typhoon Fung-wong
Cash assistance
- Before the typhoon hit, emergency cash transfers reached more than 210,000 people across five provinces in the storm’s direct path.
- Each family received PHP 4,000 (US$68), which allowed them to prepare for the storm and evacuate if needed.
- Families used the cash transfers to stock up on food, reinforce their homes, and transport themselves to safer areas.
- Providing assistance before a crisis strikes (Anticipatory Action), helps families protect their lives and livelihoods and recover faster after the storm passed.
- Working with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, hundreds of thousands of people were able to prepare and respond to this second major typhoon before it made landfall (specifically in Aurora, Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, and Nueva Ecija provinces).
Humanitarian Response after super typhoon Fung-wong passed
Emergency food assistance
- WFP has reached nearly one million people with 187,000 family food packs.
- Each family food pack can sustain a family for three days.
- WFP prepositioned 271,000 family food packs, including rice donated by the Republic of Korea in anticipation of immediate response once safe to do so.
Telecommunications & logistics support
- WFP and the government have deployed mobile emergency communications units to restore connectivity for responders and communities in typhoon-hit areas.
- WFP also delivered generators, warehouse equipment, and is ready to deploy multi-storage units and personnel to support the government’s response across 14 provinces.
- Since super typhoon Haiyan in 2013, WFP has provided technical assistance to strengthen the government’s disaster management systems, which is powering the fast, early response.
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