Severe Tropical Storm Washi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Sendong, was a late-season tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic damage in the Philippines in late 2011. Typhoon Haiyan is one of the deadliest natural disasters ever to hit the Philippines. Severe Tropical Storm Washi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Sendong, was a late-season tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic damage in the Philippines in late 2011. Washi, which means Aquila in Japanese, made landfall over Mindanao, a major island in the Philippines, on December 16. TYPHOON COMMITTEE EXPERT MISSION TO THE PHILIPPINES Assessment Report of the damages caused by Tropical Storm Washi and Introduction to the Typhoon Committee Disaster Information System 23-27 April 2012 . Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. planning after Tropical Storm Washi and Typhoon Bopha devastated the regions.

DRR Disaster risk reduction ... MIRA multi-initial rapid assessment MHPSS Mental Health and Psychosocial Support ... heavy rains brought about by tropical storm Sendong (WASHI) hit Northern Mindanao of the Philippines, leaving With more than 430,000 individuals reported to Huge search and rescue efforts were no match to the mega-disaster under black-out and lack of coordination and poor communication. Tropical Storm Washi-affected Communities Negros Oriental and Lanao del NorteIn Performance Baseline Data Report Cooperative Agreement No. 1.

Assessing the effectiveness of a social vulnerability index in predicting heterogeneity in the impacts of natural hazards: Case study of the Tropical Storm Washi flood in the Philippines J. Andres F. Ignacio, Grace T. Cruz, Fernando Nardi and Sabine Henry* Abstract As global warming and climate change predictions become increasingly certain, AID-OFDA-G-12-00014 02 February to 12 April 2012 Prepared for Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance The United States Agency for International Development Submitted by Plan International USA, Inc. It is envisioned to strengthen the capacity and preparedness of 12 Haiyan-affected local government units (LGUs) in Samar and Leyte and their coastline communities, to manage disaster risks and adapt to the overall impacts of climate change towards

Introduction The ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee (TC) at its 44th Annual Session, held in