Introduction The Philippines is a country prone to disasters. In terms of disaster risk, the Philippines ranked 9th among all the countries with the highest risks globally conferred by the World Risk Report 2019, with index value of 20.69. This is broadly due to the area and geographical situation as the risk affecting coastal hazards such as typhoons, storm surges...
Food for Hope
On 11-12 December 2019, 552 families from four communities in Quezon Province received food packs from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) through the Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. (CDRC) and Southern Tagalog People’s Response Center, Inc. (STPRC). These families survived the onslaught of Typhoon Tisoy (Kammuri), a destructive typhoon which affected 23,672 families in 683 barangays in Quezon Province alone. Here...
Typhoon Tisoy (Kammuri) Situation Report #3 December 4, 2019 2:00 pm
· On Nov. 30, Typhoon Tisoy was already 995 km east of Virac, Catanduanes, according to PAGASA. It was moving at 15 km/h. It had maximum winds of 150 km/h and gustiness of up to 185 km/h. A total of 7 areas were placed under signal number 1: Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Biliran. · On...
Typhoon Tisoy (Kammuri) Situation Report #2 December 3, 2019 11:02 am
· On Nov. 30, Typhoon Tisoy was already 995 km east of Virac, Catanduanes, according to PAGASA. It was moving at 15 km/h. It had maximum winds of 150 km/h and gustiness of up to 185 km/h. A total of 7 areas were placed under signal number 1: Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Biliran. · On...