Two typhoons – Typhoon Tino and Super Typhoon Uwan – have impacted more than 8.3 million people in the Philippines, leaving communities reeling from back-to-back disasters.
The Philippines is bracing for a tropical cyclone to make landfall, a week after another cyclone struck the country.
Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in southeast Asia, in recent years declines in poverty have been modest, leaving marginalized groups such as women, children and the elderly, vulnerable to hunger and poverty.
Three weeks after Super Typhoon Odette devastated a huge swathe of the Philippines, WFP is warning that nutrition and food security are at risk in communities in hard-hit areas unless immediate food needs are met soon.
Here’s what we know so far: 1.8M people affected, 375 killed, 500 injured, and 662,000 people without homes. We’re on the ground right now with emergency support.
WFP is providing crucial emergency logistics and telecommunications support to the Government of the Philippines in its response to the devastation caused by Typhoon Rai.
Goni is the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in 2020 and around 68.6 million people are affected. With their homes destroyed, the most vulnerable children and families also face exposure to COVID-19.
