Overview

• Nearly 50,000 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters across the Greater Manila area following torrential rains from Typhoon Wipha.
• The Marikina River overflowed on July 21–22, prompting mass displacement along its banks and the closure of educational and government facilities.
• Emergency teams are searching for two residents missing in the metropolitan area and an elderly woman and her driver swept away in Caloocan.
• Wipha’s initial landfall over central and southern provinces over the weekend left at least three people dead and seven still unaccounted for.
• Authorities warn that climate change is intensifying typhoon frequency and severity in the Philippines, stretching disaster response capabilities.