Concerned government agencies on Wednesday started implementing mandatory evacuations in communities directly in the path of Typhoon ‘Ofel’ as a
preemptive move to avoid further loss of life after recent storms killed upwards of 150 Filipinos.
The forced evacuations come just as the Philippines signed the Host Country Agreement with the Board of the Loss and Damage Fund on Tuesday at the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Philippines may be a test case for the Fund in responding to this unique cumulative loss of lives and damage to critical infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, roads and water and power systems, Loyzaga, who heads the Philippine delegation to COP29, pointed out.
“Typhoons are overlapping. As soon as communities attempt to recover from the shock, the next tropical storm is already hitting them again,” UN Philippines Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez said.A sixth storm, Tropical Storm Man-yi, currently near Guam, is expected to hit the Philippines as early as next weekend.
Currently, 9,275 families, or 28,104 people, are seeking shelter in 562 evacuation centers, while an additional 4,658 individuals are receiving assistance outside these centers.
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