Post-Disaster Recovery and Resilience in Typhoon Yolanda Affected Areas Immediate Response Initiatives from UNDP

Publication language
English
Pages
2pp
Date published
01 Dec 2013
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Livelihoods, National & regional actors
Countries
Philippines
Organisations
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

In the early morning of 8 November 2013, typhoon Yolanda (internationally called Haiyan), made landfall in the eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. With winds up to 250 kph sweeping through the region, accompanied by a storm surge of up to 5m, the typhoon caused wide spread damage and losses. As of 10 December, 5,924 people were reported killed and 1,779 were missing.