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Philippines: Typhoon Ketsana and Parma Situation Report No. 8

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This report was issued by OCHA New York based on inputs from the OCHA Regional Office for Asia Pacific (ROAP) and OCHA Philippines. It covers the period from 8 to 11 October 2009 and addresses Typhoon Parma as well as Tropical Storm Ketsana. The next situation report will be issued on 12 October.

For a full NDCC report on the Government response, please visit www.ndcc.gov.ph

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

- Typhoon Parma (known locally as Pepeng) left the Philippines on 9 October, after reversing track twice over northern Luzon, bringing heavy rains to a far larger area than initially anticipated.

- The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) reports that 2,267,527 people have been affected by Typhoon Parma as of 11 October, with 193 deaths confirmed and just over 100,000 people staying in 281 evacuation centres. Regions I, II, III and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have been most severely affected. Particularly heavy flooding has been reported in Pangasinan province in Region I. Most of the confirmed deaths have been due to landslides in Benguet province, in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).

- Joint rapid needs assessments, led by UNDAC and including participation by WFP (Food and Logistics), UNICEF (Health and WASH), WHO (Health), IOM (Shelter and NFIs) and UNFPA (Health and Protection), will be carried out in Paniqui (Tarlac province) and Bayambang, Rosales and Villasis (Pangasinan province) from 11 to 14 October. Initial reports are expected by tomorrow (12 October).

- Latest NDCC figures indicate that a total of 4,125,237 people were affected by Tropical Storm Ketsana (known locally as Ondoy), with 241,789 persons currently staying in 471 evacuation centres.

- Health and WASH clusters are responding to reports of an increase in the number of cases of Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) in San Pedro municipality, Laguna Province (Region IV-A).

- The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, is scheduled to arrive in Manila for a two-day visit on 12 October.

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