Via ReliefWeb, OCHA has published Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan Situation Report No. 9 (as of 15 November 2013). It is not good news. The highlights:
The number of people affected has increased to 12.9 million, with over 1.9 million people displaced. This represents a significant increase from the previous reporting period.
An estimated 150,000 people have access to water from 28,000 water connections which have been restored in eight municipalities in Tacloban.
170,475 people received family food packs, of which over 34,000 packs were distributed on 14 November in Leyte.
Click through the link to download the full report. The "significant increase" in displaced people amounts to an overnight doubling between November 14 and 15. "There are no controlled dumpsites for disposal of debris, which also poses a major health challenge." Two and a half million people need food assistance "urgently." In Region VIII, 1,948 schools were destroyed. Hundreds of other schools are being used as evacuation centres.
This seems likely to be a reconstruction effort requiring decades—assuming no more super typhoons hit the region.
