Situation Update –October 20, 2013
October 20, 2013: 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Update
Casualties (still counting)
• 185 Dead• 9 Missing• 583 Injured
Damage to Structures: Bridges
Most bridges collapsed or were heavily damaged
Damage to Structures: Bridges
The quickest access municipalities is by boat
Damage to Structures: Roads
Most roads are impassable for 4-wheeled vehicles
Motorcycles are the only land vehicles that can access badly-affected areas
Damage to Structures: Roads
Damage to Structures: Houses
85-90% of the houses are heavily damaged
Damage to Structures: Churches
Places of worship were heavily damaged or destroyed
Living Conditions
Most are staying in tents and open spaces
The Needs
Supplies are running low in the hardest hit and isolated areas
The Needs
• Ready to eat food
• Water
• Medicine
• Tents/shelter materials
• Generators/solar power
HOPEww Philippines’ Response
• Supply mineral water to affected areas of Sagbayan and San Isidro
• Provide psychosocial activities for the children affected by this disaster
Matthew 24:44-45
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’”
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