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TYPHOON KRISTINE

Situation Overview

On 22 October, Tropical Cyclone Trami (local name: Kristine), brought heavy to intense rains across the Philippines resulting in widespread flooding and landslides. In the early hours of 24 October, Trami made landfall in Divilacan, Isabela as a Severe Tropical Storm. It exited the Philippines Area of Responsibility (PAR) on 25 October moving towards the West Philippines Sea and made landfall in Vietnam on 27 October. STS Trami/Kristine caused widespread flooding and landslides in several parts of the country, particularly in Region 5, 4A and 2.

More than 7.9m people (2m families) have been affected across 17 out of 18 regions in the country. Around 684.9k have been displaced, of which 250.6k people are in evacuation centres (EC) and 434.3k temporarily staying elsewhere. The number of casualties has risen with 141 reported deaths, 86 injured, and 21 missing. Clean up and recovery efforts are ongoing in areas where flood waters have started to recede, and people have started to return to their houses.