Philippines — Typhoon Haiyan Displacement Report (31 January 2014)

Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on 8 November 2013. It was one of the most powerful typhoons to ever make landfall. In the reporting period DTM recorded the presence of 15,750 displaced individuals (3,659 families) and 51 displacement sites (18 evacuation centers, 14 tent cities, four spontaneous sites and 15 transitional sites). The previous DTM issues in December 2013 covered 115 displacement sites coming from 29 municipalities, over double the present number. Leyte Island is the province with the largest evacuation centre (EC) population (74% of families). Tacloban City is the city with the largest EC population (66% of families). Leyte province has the highest number of displacement sites (59%). In Tacloban city 51 bunkhouses were built, able to house 25% of families in ECs.