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27 March 2013 - 5:17pmOCHA Operations Director John Ging concluded his first visit to the Philippines on Monday, urging the international community to step up their efforts to help the Government meet the needs of people affected by Typhoon Bopha. The typhoon, which was the deadliest storm anywhere in the world in 2012, hit the... -
15 February 2013 - 12:39pmWalking through the streets of the Cateel, on the eastern coast of Mindanao, the devastation left by Typhoon Bopha (known locally as Pablo) is evident everywhere. Most houses are covered by tarpaulins, debris fills the spaces where family homes once stood and the fragile structures of damaged houses... -
24 January 2013 - 8:52pmUN agencies and humanitarian organizations appealed today for more funding to help families affected by Typhoon Bopha, which swept through the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines last December, causing massive destruction to homes and basic infrastructure. The revised Bopha response plan... -
21 December 2012 - 11:05amSunday afternoons in the Philippines are, in normal times, peaceful affairs – a time to relax, reflect and spend time with one’s family. But in Nabunturan, in the heart of Compostela Valley in Mindanao, these are far from normal times. This valley was one of the areas worst hit by Typhoon Bopha... -
24 September 2012 - 12:17pmIn the early hours of 12 June, Melanie Taguon was woken by her eldest child and found her house in Central Mindanao surrounded by raging waters. She immediately carried her smaller children to higher ground. Her seven-year-old son, Kenneth, was able to swim out of the house through the flood water. But...
