Typhoon Hagupit Hits Philippines With One Million Affected As International NGO Asks World Leaders To Hear The Voice Of The Children Being The Most Vulnerable Sector On The Changing Climate

A year after Super Typhoon Haiyan, another typhoon hits the Philippines earlier this month.

In the report of Gulf News more than one million people have been affected when the typhoon Hagupit hits the Philippines.

According to Gulf News, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that there were 1,074,080 people affected by Typhoon Hagupit. 1,062,237 people were brought to evacuation centers, and 230,569 people were outside of evacuation center that need food relief assistance.

Furthermore, as millions in the Philippines were battered by typhoons every year, international non-government organization, Plan International Philippines asks world leaders to take action with the changing climate the children are facing.

"As thousands in the Philippines scampered to safety during the height of Typhoon #Hagupit / #RubyPH, over at Lima, Peru, hopes are high that climate negotiations will finally lead to critical action among the international community to agree on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the disastrous effects of #climatechange," Plan International Philippines posted on its Facebook page.

"As a partner of the Climate Change Commission, Plan calls on negotiators and decision-makers at the #COP20 to hear out the voices of children, who are among the most vulnerable as they brace storm after storm due to a changing climate. Their future is on the line if we don't act right away!"

According to the report of Relief Web, on more than one million affected, including them were more than 400,000 children that were affected when typhoon Hagupit hits the Philippines and most of them are in evacuation sites.

"Global leaders should look into what disaster-affected children are teaching us: that they cannot live the rest of their lives bearing the brunt of disasters, that they have the right to a safe and sustainable future," Philippines Climate Change Commissioner Naderev Sano.

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