Victoriano Sambale, one of the dozen medical staff tending to thousands of people at the airport clinic. Until Wednesday, there was no anesthetic, so open wounds had to be stitched without it. Suddenly he is summoned — another pregnant woman had shown up. Clutching her swollen belly, year-old Reve Rose was writhing in agony while rolling on her side on a wooden bench as her nervous husband looked on.
Her first child was not due until around Christmas but she feared she is in labor already. Sambale felt her belly and tried to calm her down, certain it was just a panic attack. The air inside the clinic was fetid. Babies screamed and despondent elderly patients sat in chairs, eating dry crackers.
One woman nursed her newborn, signing a lullaby. Intravenous drip bags hung from nails driven into the walls and doorjambs. Thelma Superable, 74, was vomiting and needed emergency dialysis. She, her year-old son, Danny Superable, and his young son have made their way to the clinic from their home, 37 kilometers 20 miles away, by walking and hitching rides. By the time they reached the clinic, they were down to one bottle — with an inch of water left in it.
Since the storm, people have broken into homes, malls and garages, where they have stripped the shelves of food, water and other goods. Authorities have struggled to stop the looting. There have been unconfirmed reports of armed gangs of robbers operating in a systematic manner.
The death toll rose to 2,, according a national tally kept by the disaster agency. That figure is expected to rise, perhaps significantly, when accurate information is collected from the whole disaster zone, which spreads over a wide swath of the eastern and central Philippines but appears to be concentrated on two main islands — Leyte and Samar. Yolanda affected 1,, families, with a casualty count of 6, Bukod sa inaasahang bugso ng hangin, ulan, pag-apaw ng mga ilog, pati ang posibilidad ng pagdagsa ng lahar sa mga pook malapit sa bulkan ng Mayon at Bulusan, mino-monitor din po natin ang banta ng mga storm surge sa mahigit isandaang mga pook.
Maaaring umabot ng lima hanggang anim na metro ang taas ng alon sa mga lugar na ito. Typhoon Yolanda struck the Philippines on November 8, It has been called the most powerful storm to make landfall in recorded history. Anticipating the severity of the typhoon, the Philippine government made the necessary preparations beginning three days before landfall—including prepositioning relief goods, deploying first responders, and setting up evacuation centers for affected families.
Below is a timeline of government preparations that began three days before Yolanda made landfall in the country. Three days before landfall, the government began preparations to minimize the effect of the typhoon. Concerned government agencies and the public were made aware of the unprecedented strength of Typhoon Yolanda in order to make necessary preparations. Two days before landfall, concerned government agencies conducted further meetings regarding preparations for the typhoon, widened the scope and intensity of warnings and alerts to the public, sent out materials to equip the people with knowledge germane to disaster risk reduction, prepositioned food packs and other relief items, and conducted preemptive evacuation in areas forecasted to be strongly hit by the typhoon.
A day before landfall, concerned government agencies deployed personnel and prepositioned rescue vehicles in areas to be strongly hit by the typhoon. President Benigno S. Aquino III also made an emergency televised statement regarding Yolanda. Typhoon Yolanda made landfall, ravaging a large part of the Visayan region. Concerned government agencies set up an incident command post and a radio contact center immediately after.
Concerned government agencies immediately cleared passageways to allow for the transport of relief goods, medical help, and other exigent assistance. Communication hubs, and additional transport vehicles and personnel were also provided to ease flow of information and services.
Additional medical assistance was conducted and additional relief items and personnel were delivered. President Aquino issued Proclamation No. Concerned government agencies continuously deployed additional personnel and relief deliveries. In addition, a price freeze was put in place to prevent market abuse. More volunteers were also mobilized to repack family packs for the survivors. Concerned government agencies intensified repacking efforts and deployed additional equipment, vehicles, and personnel to assist in areas largely devastated by the typhoon.
As relief efforts continue, concerned government officials met and discussed strategic thrusts in order to efficiently improve the condition of badly-stricken regions. Thousands of families were sheltered in evacuation centers.
In addition, ports, major roads, and bridges were cleared and made passable, enabling a smoother transport of relief and assistance to different areas. To further the relief operations, Bigas Brigade was launched, servicing 40 towns in Leyte. Massive repacking efforts, plus the deployment of additional personnel, were also conducted and delivered.
As additional relief and assistance continue, power had been fully and partially restored in a number of areas in the Visayas region. Rescue and relief efforts continued. President Aquino arrived in Tacloban to supervise the continuous rescue and relief efforts. Secretary Roxas, accompanied by Presidential Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang, visited the municipalities of Mayorga, Javier, Dulag, Tolosa, Tanauan, MacArthur, and Palo in Leyte to inspect the relief items issued to the local government for distribution to their respective towns.
On the fourteenth day after Yolanda made landfall, the DSWD had distributed one-million food packs, and then exceeded this target by over a hundred thousand. These food packs were distributed along with more than two hundred thousand liters of clean water.
At this point, almost a thousand evacuation centers had been put up and more than a thousand cadavers were recovered. In Tacloban, with the opening of grocery stores, the restoration of water supply, and the resumption of banking operations, the return to normalcy began. Residents sleep inside a sports complex turned into an evacuation center in Dapa town, Surigao, the Philippines, on December Meanwhile in Eastern Visayas, more than 45, people have evacuated to government shelters in the Eastern Visayas region, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Thursday.
Risks of floods and landslides. In Tacloban City, just outside Samar, hundreds of residents have also taken shelter in evacuation sites. Many lived through Super Typhoon Yolanda, which killed more than 6, Filipinos in -- and they're not taking any chances now. Evacuees arrive at an evacuation site in Dapa town, Surigao, Philippines on December The biggest concern, she added, are smaller towns on the coast, home to fishermen and poorer populations that might not have access to government announcements or are unable to evacuate.
Thousands of villages in the storm's projected path are at high risk of flooding and landslide, with the region's soil already saturated and unsteady from the week's heavy rain, according to the country's Mines and Geosciences Bureau, which urged local authorities to prepare evacuation plans.
Airlines have canceled dozens of flights, while transport authorities banned sea and land travel in the central and southern Philippines, leaving thousands stranded at ports. Flooding in Cagayan de Oro, the Philippines, on December Humanitarian organizations and aid agencies are also on the ground, working with local authorities to prepare for the storm and assist in evacuations. Teams from the Philippine Red Cross are spread out across the east coast, helping organize first aid teams, food and water, and supplies such as blankets and safety equipment.
Rai's arrival has compounded the struggles of people still recovering from typhoons earlier this year. Millions are still rebuilding their homes and livelihoods, especially after several devastating storms late last year, according to the Red Cross.
It had initially packed winds of up to kilometers miles per hour -- equivalent to a Category 5 storm. Many preemptive evacuations and storm preparations began earlier in the week as the country began seeing heavy rain, but millions were still left vulnerable.
As Rai traveled west, it ripped down homes, trees and power cables in its path, bringing with it heavy rain, widespread flooding and landslides. Communities were destroyed and hundreds of thousands left homeless by the storm.
In nearby Surigao City, one of the worst-hit areas, survivors were seen pleading on the roads for food and water, surrounded by uprooted trees and electricity poles. Police were seen removing broken branches from the roads. Residents stand in front of damaged homes following Typhoon Rai in Talisay, Cebu province, central Philippines on December 18,
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