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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