As of the evening of October 27, hurricane Molave left 9 people dead and 12 missing. Heavy rains have flooded a series of villages and people’s fields, leveling hundreds of houses.
Two days after the storm hit, about 70,000 Filipinos could not return home, they still lived in 800 evacuation centers scattered across the southern provinces of Manila.
Philippine officials said the number of casualties could increase rapidly in the coming hours.
Not only the Philippines, many Southeast Asian countries in particular and Asia in general are facing increasing extreme weather events that cause serious damage to people and property.
According to a recent United Nations report, the world is facing increasing extreme weather events in the past 20 years, with Asia being the most affected. Lethal heat waves, droughts, floods and storms will become more common in Asia.
Special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Ms. Mami Mizutori warned, the COVID-19 pandemic with serious impacts, but natural disasters are much more devastating.