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ACT Alliance Rapid Response Fund (RRF): Emergency Response for Typhoon Lekima in Anhui Province – RRF 11/2019

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China
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Background

On August 10th Afternoon, Typhoon Lekima land on Zhejiang province---the east part of China. It affected badly in the province in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Anhui and Fujian. Peak wind gust was 240km/h with as much as 211 mm rainfall, making it the strongest 2019 typhoon to hit the country so far. As of 12 August, Lekima has left 48 dead and 21 missing, affecting nearly 14.02 million people and forcing the relocation of 1.7 million people. Heavy rains and strong gales as well as floods and landslides have caused the collapse of 13,000 houses, damages to 119,000 houses, while 996,000 hectares of corps were affected by the typhoon.

Humanitarian Needs

People displaced are now heading back to their home. Flashed and submerged by the flood, a lot of infrastructure and house were destroyed; the remaining houses were also in chaos and full of mud with nothing left. With the temperature rising, the situation will be worse. The affected people are removing the debris around their house. As some water resources were polluted, drinking water is not safe at this period. Water systems have been damaged that gaps in sanitation and hygiene needs to be addressed to prevent diseases. We can provide Hygiene Kits to each family to ensure personal hygiene, health and dignity.

Capacity

Amity Foundation has been working on Disaster relief program for more than 30 years. In the past decades, Amity responded to the Sichuan, Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, Yushu earthquake in 2010, Ya'an earthquake in 2014, Ludian earthquake in 2015, Sichuan Jiuzhaigou earthquake in 2017 and Sichuan Yinbin earthquake etc. Amity Foundation has rich experience on the response to typhoons and floods. We responded to the flood in the south of China every year and even overseas, for example, in Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Amity Foundation focuses on WASH, food and shelter. Amity has been working in Ningguo County through our local partner since the flash floods happened and we want to provide aid in WASH sector in the coming weeks. Amity also initiated online fundraising domestically in China.