Habitat for Humanity launches appeal to assist those affected by Typhoon Hagupit
Manila, 7 December 2014 – Habitat for Humanity has launched an appeal to assist families affected by Typhoon Hagupit (called Ruby in the Philippines). The storm made first landfall on Samar, an island in the Visayas, Philippines, late in the evening of Saturday 6 December.
According to the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, more than 130,000 families were evacuated in six regions of the Philippines.
