East Asian Monsoon 2012

East Asian Monsoon 2012

Date: August 2012 A series of typhoons and the monsoon rains that fell on East Asia in August 2012 triggered severe and widespread flooding, affecting more than 100 million people across the region. The floods led to the displacement of more than 2.4 million people in...
Storm Washi 2011

Storm Washi 2011

Date: 16 December 2011 Category: 1 (Tropical Cyclone) More than 1,300 people perished and many more went missing as a result of the flash floods and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Washi in December 2011. Almost 50,000 people were displaced in the aftermath of the...

Southeast Asian Floods 2011

Date: October – November 2011 Torrential storms battered Southeast Asia in late 2011, resulting in large-scale flooding that affected millions. The floods claimed more than 2,000 lives across the region, displaced hundreds of thousands and caused widespread...
Bicol Flood 2011

Bicol Flood 2011

Date: January 2011 Abnormally heavy rains brought by the northeast monsoon to parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao triggered heavy flooding and a series of landslides across 25 provinces in 10 regions. Close to two million people were affected by the crisis and 40...

Mt. Mayon Eruptions

Date: December 2009 Volcano Explosivity Index: 4* **Relief efforts overlapped with Typhoon Ketsana since both disasters took place in the same area.
Typhoon Parma 2009

Typhoon Parma 2009

Date: 27 September – 14 October 2009 Category: 4 (Severe Tropical Cyclone)   Typhoon Parma was the second typhoon to hit the Philippines in the period of a week in September/October 2009, adding to the damage caused by Typhoon Ketsana. Relief teams, already...
Typhoon Ketsana 2009

Typhoon Ketsana 2009

Date: 26 September 2009 Category: 2 (Tropical Cyclone)   Typhoon Ketsana was the second most devastating tropical cyclone in the 2009 Pacific typhoon season. Known as Ondoy in the Philippines, the typhoon dropped  455mm of rain in just 24 hours – the highest...
Typhoon Morakot 2009

Typhoon Morakot 2009

Date: 2 – 11 August 2009 Category: 2 (Tropical Cyclone) Typhoon Morakot was one of the deadliest storms to hit East Asia in 2009, with Mainland China, Taiwan and the Philippines worst affected. In the Filipino municipality of Botolan in Zambales Province and...

Typhoon Durian and Utor 2006

Date: 30 November – 9 December 2006 Typhoon Durian: Category 4 (Severe Tropical Cyclone) Typhoon Utor: Category 4 (Severe Tropical Cyclone) Central Philippines (Legazpi City, Albay and the Bicol Region) was hit by Typhoon Durian in late November and then blasted...
Quezon Typhoon 2004

Quezon Typhoon 2004

Date: November 2004 Category: 4 (Severe Tropical Cyclone)   In November 2004, two tropical storms (Merbok and Winnie) and Typhoon Namadol battered Quezon province with intense rainfall and winds, triggering floods. More than 2,000 people were killed and thousands...