“Families have nothing,” said Jerome Balinton, Save the Children’s humanitarian officer. ![]() More than half a million remained displaced during Christmas, one of the most important holidays in this nation with a Catholic majority. Nearly 4 million people in more than 400 cities were affected by Typhoon Rai, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of the Philippines (NDRRMC). Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough.” Homeless at Christmas “We put a weight on our roof to keep it from being blown away by the wind. We thought that was enough to keep it from collapsing,” he said. “We thought we were safe because we tied up our house. And now, they are faced with the almost impossible task of rebuilding their homes without having enough food or water to drink. The Philippines experiences several typhoons a year, but the climate crisis has made the storms more unpredictable and extreme, leaving the nation’s poorest more vulnerable.įamilies like Lacia’s have lost everything. It was the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, killing nearly 400 people and displacing hundreds of thousands more. No one expected the fury that would unleash Rai when hit the archipelago December 16. ![]() He lost everything when super typhoon Rai hit the Philippines on December 16. Jay Lacia is sitting among collapsed houses, downed trees, and broken power lines.
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