Report

Humanitarian situation report: Super Typhoon Rai/Odette

as of 22 December 2021

Highlights

Typhoon Rai (local name Odette) entered the Philippines on 14 December 2021 as a category 5 making the first landfall in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, on 16 December 2021. The typhoon made eight more landfalls in four regions (ACAPS, 19 Dec).
An estimated 12 million pupils in 11 regions were affected as educational activities were interrupted or suspended in approximately 30,000 schools. Affected families urgently need food packs and ready-to-eat meals, drinking water, hygiene kits, medicine and medical personnel, psychosocial support and protection services, emergency shelter and shelter repair kits, and fuel (OCHA, 20 Dec).
Nine regions are affected: MIMAROPA, CARAGA, Regions V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI. Wind damage, flooding and landslides interrupting road access, power, and communication throughout the affected areas. Rai left 227 cities and municipalities without electricity and 135 locations with network interruptions (OCHA, 20 Dec).