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Typhoon Kalmaegi and Super Typhoon Fung-wong

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2025
Asia & the Pacific

Disaster Response. Step One. Get There.

Situation Overview

The Philippines has now experienced 21 named storms this year, leaving communities reeling from widespread flooding that has impacted millions and displaced hundreds of thousands.

In early November, Typhoon Kalmaegi devastated central Philippines and killed over 200 people, primarily in Cebu province where recovery from the 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 30th was already underway and Airlink was positioned.

Then just days after Typhoon Kalmaegi, Super Typhoon Fung-wong, one the year’s most powerful storms to hit the archipelago, made landfall in northern Luzon, ahead of which one million people were pre-emptively evacuated from their homes. Collectively, over two million people have now been impacted and hundreds of thousands are displaced from their homes amidst relentless back to back natural disasters.

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Airlink’s Disaster Response

Airlink is actively coordinating with its airline and NGO partners, as well as UN agencies (UNHRD) and the AHA Centre, the disaster management branch of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) to assess current needs as the situation evolves, as well as the status of airport closures, and other logistical factors.

Current dangers for impacted communities include ongoing flash floods as water moves inland from the mountains, landslides, power cuts, and the threat of waterborne disease outbreaks. In many areas, flood waters are waist-level or higher, leaving residents trapped on roofs.
 
Airlink is facilitating critically needed shipments of food packs, clean water, sanitation and hygiene products, and shelter kits based on these immediate needs:
 
  • Shelter
  • Food
  • WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene)
  • Medical Assistance

Cyclone season is not over; urgent humanitarian assistance is needed before the next one arrives. Your donation can help us lift off today. 

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