PHILIPPINES / TYPHOON GONI

UN and humanitarian partners in the Philippines call for US$45.5 million to assist 260,000 people in areas devastated by Super Typhoon Goni (Rolly). Response efforts are already underway after the typhoon left a trail of extensive damage as it cut a swathe across southern Luzon on 1 November. OCHA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:35
• Production Date: 9 November 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; NATURAL DISASTERS
• Geographic Subject: PHILIPPINES
• MAMS Id: 2579824
• Parent Id: 2579824
• Alternate Title: unifeed201109b

Description

STORY: PHILIPPINES / TYPHOON GONI
TRT: 03:35
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / TAGALOG / NATS

DATELINE: 7-8 NOVEMBER 2020, ALBAY PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES

Shotlist

1. Various shots, aerial views of typhoon destruction along the coast
2. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Chirica Guiba, Displaced Person:
“Our house was destroyed by the typhoon. It’s gone. It was a newly constructed house, but it’s all gone now. Nothing’s left.”
3. Various shots, typhoon destruction
4. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Chirica Guiba, Displaced Person:
“It used to be a complete house. That part was the comfort room and on that part was the kitchen, but as you can see, it’s all gone. Nothing’s left, so we cannot stay here anymore. We need to restart all over again.”
5. Various shots, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez assessing damage
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gustavo Gonzalez, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator:
“The first thing, we are sharing our concern with local authorities on the impact on livelihoods, the impact on infrastructure, we have almost 90 percent of the power system that was completely destroyed, and our concern is the impact on people. So, we are in the middle of a pandemic, COVID-19, and then this type of shocks. And when we look at the landscape, when we look at the impact, we have to recognize that we are in an area that is regularly, every year is affected by typhoons.”
7. Various shots, typhoon destruction
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Gustavo Gonzalez, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator:
“We have to congratulate the local authorities in terms of preparedness, early warning, because if we have a low number of casualties is by the fact that the regional government, local authorities, immediately activated preemptive evacuation. And we are talking about in this region, and in the neighbouring regions, we are talking about an evacuation 480,000 people.”
9. Various shots, aerial views of typhoon destruction

Storyline

UN and humanitarian partners in the Philippines call for US$45.5 million to assist 260,000 people in areas devastated by Super Typhoon Goni (Rolly). Response efforts are already underway after the typhoon left a trail of extensive damage as it cut a swathe across southern Luzon on 1 November.

26-year-old Chirica Guiba is the owner of a house in Barangay Baybay that was destroyed by the typhoon.

SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Chirica Guiba, Displaced Person:
“Our house was destroyed by the typhoon. It’s gone. It was a newly constructed house, but it’s all gone now. Nothing’s left.”

SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Chirica Guiba, Displaced Person:
“It used to be a complete house. That part was the comfort room and on that part was the kitchen, but as you can see, it’s all gone. Nothing’s left, so we cannot stay here anymore. We need to restart all over again.”

The Bicol Region bore the brunt of the typhoon’s violent winds and torrential rains, blowing away roofs, toppling structures, and causing severe flooding and landslides.

On Sunday (8 Nov), UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez led an inter-agency fact-finding team to Albay Province to witness first-hand the damage wrought by the typhoon.

SOUNDBITE (English) Gustavo Gonzalez, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator:
“The first thing, we are sharing our concern with local authorities on the impact on livelihoods, the impact on infrastructure, we have almost 90 percent of the power system that was completely destroyed, and our concern is the impact on people. So, we are in the middle of a pandemic, COVID-19, and then this type of shocks. And when we look at the landscape, when we look at the impact, we have to recognize that we are in an area that is regularly, every year is affected by typhoons.”

During the mission Gonzalez spoke with local officials, frontline responders, and typhoon-affected people in Albay Astrodome in Legazpi and surveyed the impact of the powerful typhoon on the coast in Tiwi, where the second landfall occurred.

SOUNDBITE (English) Gustavo Gonzalez, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator:
“We have to congratulate the local authorities in terms of preparedness, early warning, because if we have a low number of casualties is by the fact that the regional government, local authorities, immediately activated preemptive evacuation. And we are talking about in this region, and in the neighbouring regions, we are talking about an evacuation 480,000 people.”

The plan calls for US$45.5 million to deliver and implement humanitarian activities to typhoon-affected people living with poverty prior to the disaster and now requiring urgent humanitarian assistance in 16 prioritized municipalities in Catanduanes and Albay provinces in support of the Government response.

The plan has been developed based on preliminary assessment findings and early estimates of people in need to enable humanitarian partners to kick-start immediate lifesaving and protection activities.