Status of relief and rehabilitation efforts in Yolanda-affected areas as of November 15, 2013 (6:00 a.m.)

From the Presidential Management Staff and Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office

Typhoon Yolanda

By some accounts recorded to be the most powerful storm to make landfall in history.

The worst hit provinces are Leyte and Eastern Samar, with a combined population of 2.3 million, which experienced sustained winds of 270 kph, gusts of up to 312 kph, and a storm surge as high as 7 meters or 21 feet. 

Humanitarian Relief Operations

Provided a total of P70.32 million worth of relief assistance to affected families in Regions IV-A, IV-B, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, and CARAGA, of which P31.3 million came from DSWD, P8.33 million from DOH, P30.48 million from the LGUs, and P213,114.00 from NGOs/other GOs.

A total of 223,649 food packs have been distributed by the DSWD, thru their FOs in Regions IV-A, IV-B, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI and CARAGA  to the affected families in and outside the evacuation centers.

 

Lifelines 

Power Outage. The typhoon affected power supply in 20 provinces in Regions IV-B, V, VI, VII, and VIII. Power has been fully restored in four (4) provinces (i.e., Romblon, Negros Oriental, Oriental Mindoro, and Siquijor). In Aklan, Caticlan and Boracay Island have been partially energized.

Province	Electric Cooperatives	No. of Municipalities
		Affected	Restored
Occidental Mindoro	OMECO	9	8
Oriental Mindoro	ORMECO	15	15
Romblon	TIELCO	10	10
Masbate	MASELCO	15	11
	TISELCO	4	4
Aklan	AKELCO	19	1
Antique	ANTECO	16	9
Iloilo	ILECO II	15	13
Negros Occidental	VRESCO	9	3
Cebu	CEBECO II	13	5
	CELCO	4	1
Bohol	BOHECO I	26	6
Negros Oriental	NORECO II	14	14
Siquijor	PROSIELCO	6	6

Network Outage. The NTC reported that Globe Telecom and Smart Communications and Sun Cellular now provide service to 56% and 84% of the municipalities in the affected provinces, respectively. Below are details of cell phone coverage by province, as of 14 November 2013:

Province	No. of Municipalities	Smart		Globe
		No. with service	% with service	No. With Service	% with service
Aklan	18	15	83%	2	11%
Antique	18	17	94%	10	56%
Biliran	8	3	38%		0%
Bohol	48	48	100%	44	92%
Capiz	17	11	65%	3	18%
Cebu	53	53	100%	45	85%
Eastern Samar	21	3	14%		0%
Guimaras	5	5	100%	4	80%
Iloilo	44	40	91%	28	64%
Leyte	43	23	53%	4	9%
Negros Occidental	32	30	94%	31	97%
Negros Oriental	26	26	100%	25	96%
Northern Samar	20	19	95%	5	25%
Samar (Western Samar)	21	17	81%	6	29%
Southern Leyte	17	17	100%	11	65%
Total	391	327	84%	218	56%

Note: Municipalities reported with cell phone service include both full and partial coverage.

To help in the relief operations in the affected areas, NTC regional directors for Regions IV-B, V, VI, VII and VIII were tasked to organize radio groups and temporarily suspend apprehension of unlicensed use and possession of radio equipment if used for relief operations until the end of November.

Roads and Bridges. As of 13 November 2013, the following national roads and bridges have been cleared by DPWH and are now passable.

Batangas-Tabango-Lobo Road;

Coron-Busuanga Road;

Tablas Circumferential Road;

Calapan North Road/Calapan South Road;

Catanduanes Circumferential Road;

Brgy. Lubas, San Andres;

Lagonoy-Presentacion Road;

Presentacion Maligaya;

Iloilo-Capiz Road;

All National Roads within Capiz 2^nd District Engineering Office;

Iloilo-Antique Road;

Bacolod South Road;

Mahaplag-Sogod Road;

Ormoc-Baybay Road;

Palo-Carigara-Ormoc Road;

Palompon-Isabel-Merida-Ormoc Road;

Libungao-Matag-ob-Palompon Road; and

Daang Maharlika, San Juanico Bridge.

Airports. The following airports are now operational: Biliran, Calbayog, Dumaguete, Guiuan, Bantayan, Roxas, Kalibo, Caticlan, Busuanga, San Jose, Ormoc and Tagbilaran.  Operations of Tacloban Airport are still limited.

Assets Prepositioned/Deployed

A total of 18,089 personnel, 844 vehicles, 44 seacrafts, 31 aircrafts and 5,527 other assets/ equipment from national and local agencies, responders and volunteer groups/ organizations were prepositioned and deployed to various strategic areas to facilitate/ expedite response operations.

Assistance from the Private Sector

Per DTI’s report as of 13 November 2013, the following companies have made the following pledges:

Company	Amount of Donation (in US$)
Century Development Corporation (Taiwan)	100,000
PepsiCo, Inc.	1,000,000
TOTAL	1,100,000

The US Chamber of Commerce Foundation estimates that over US$20 million have been announced to support recovery efforts for the victims of the typhoon. The following are the top donors:

Company	Amount of Donation (in US$)
IKEA Foundation	2,680,400
SM Group	2,292,300
JPMorgan Chase Foundation	1,250,000
Carnival Corporation/Miami HEAT	1,000,000
HSBC Holdings PLC	1,000,000
PepsiCo Foundation	1,000,000
Royal Caribbean Cruises	1,000,000
Samsung Group	1,000,000
UPS	1,000,000
State Street Foundation	600,000
Microsoft Corporation	500,000
Walt Disney Company	500,000
JCB	480,660
Abbott	450,000
Ford Motor Company and the Ford Motor Company Fund	400,000
United Technologies	350,000
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited	300,000
Citi	250,000
NBA	250,000
Toyota Motor Corporation	228,910

International Commitments

As of November 14, 2013 (6:00 p.m.), 41 countries and international organizations have pledged an estimated US$97.05 million in cash and kind for relief and search and rescue operations.

One-Stop Shop for Donations from the International Community. Established “One Stop Shops” for round-the-clock processing of relief goods and other aid-related equipment donated by the international community. These are located at entry points in Tacloban and Cebu, as well as NAIA.