typhoon

Typhoon Phanfone: lights, lives, and livelihoods blown out for Christmas

31 December 2019

From Christmas Eve to Christmas Day Typhoon Phanfone hit the Philippines seven times. It is the 21st Typhoon to wreak havoc in the Philippines this year and many of the affected communities were still struggling to get back on their feet in the wake of Typhoon Kammuri which hit earlier in the same month.
Oxfam delivers clean water to isolated communities in Philippines hit by Typhoon Mangkhut

18 September 2018

Oxfam and partners are providing clean drinking water to three indigenous communities in Rizal where people have walked six hours by foot to reach the town center.
Oxfam and local partner CDRC prioritize safe water and shelter materials distribution in Philippines

16 September 2018

The areas of Cagayan, Isabela, Kalinga and Apayao seem to be some of the worst hit regions at this point, with significant damage to shelter, infrastructure, and agriculture.
Oxfam and local partners witness Mangkhut’s “destructive force”– disaster preparedness committees activated

15 September 2018

Super Typhoon Mangkhut is the 15th storm to hit the Philippines this year and, so far, the strongest for 2018. An average of 20 typhoons hit the country each year.
Oxfam and local partners ready to respond as “highly threatening” Super Typhoon Mangkhut nears

14 September 2018

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that 4.3 million people live in the projected path of this destructive storm.
Typhoon Haiyan: Community research into the relocation of internally displaced people in the Philippines

18 May 2015

In February and March 2014, Oxfam carried out field research in the Philippines with people displaced by typhoon Haiyan in order to inform and influence the government-led process for their relocation.
Governments fall short at World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

18 March 2015

Oxfam's reaction on the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, a global plan that’s meant to build the resilience of communities to disasters over the next 15 years and lead to bolder commitments on disaster risk reduction,
Oxfam assesses immediate needs of tropical storm Hagupit evacuees in Samar

8 December 2014

Oxfam rapid assessment teams have been deployed to survey the immediate needs of evacuees forced to flee tropical storm Hagupit, to ensure those who have lost their homes don’t lose their health as well.
Oxfam: Philippine government's massive pre-emptive evacuation has saved many lives

7 December 2014

The Philippines office of international humanitarian organization Oxfam has been activating contingency plans and readying stocks of emergency assistance
Typhoon Hagupit should send shivers through halls of Lima Climate Conference

7 December 2014

The devastation being wrought by typhoon Hagupit must break the stranglehold of complacency that has gripped the first week of climate negotiations at COP 20 in Lima, Peru said international relief organization Oxfam.