Photo: CARE staff Sandra Bulling talk to survivors of typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The typhoon caught the Philippines by surprise by the typhoons size and strength and is believed to be one of the strongest typhoons on record. Thousands have died across a large area of land and CARE are responding with food and shelter material. Photo: CARE/Peter Caton

CARE, Manila, November 8, 2025 – Exactly 12 years to the day after Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) claimed more than 6,000 lives in 2013, the Philippines is facing another potential super typhoon. CARE Philippines is bracing for Typhoon Fung-wong (locally named Uwan). Forecasters expect it to intensify into a super typhoon just four days after Typhoon Tino devastated the Visayas.

“It is heartbreaking and terrifying that on this day of remembrance for Haiyan, communities are once again forced to flee their homes. We are witnessing an unbroken cycle of destruction that is pushing people to their breaking point,” said Reiza S. Dejito, Country Director of CARE Philippines. “Families in the Visayas have barely started cleaning the mud from their homes after Typhoon Tino, and now they must prepare for Uwan. This is the stark reality of the climate crisis—hazards are becoming so frequent that there is zero time to recover.”

Typhoon Uwan is projected to track towards Luzon. It may make landfall in Catanduanes—an island province that has not yet fully recovered from Super Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi) last year. CARE is deeply concerned for abaca farmers there. Their newly replanted crops take two years to mature and are at high risk from the approaching storm.

Meanwhile, the situation in the south remains critical. Dinagat Islands and Southern Leyte, areas hit first by Typhoon Tino only four days ago, are back under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals today due to Uwan’s expansive reach.

CARE Philippines is managing a complex, multi-front response. Teams are on the ground providing life-saving aid to flood and lahar survivors in Cebu and Negros from Typhoon Tino. At the same time, we are assessing readiness for Uwan’s anticipated impact in Luzon.

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Notes to the editor:

• Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) made its first landfall on November 8, 2013. It is the deadliest typhoon in Philippine modern history, with over 6,300 confirmed dead.
• Typhoon Fung-wong (Uwan) is forecast to rapidly intensify and may reach super typhoon category before a possible close approach or landfall over Catanduanes on November 9.
• Typhoon Tino, which made landfall on November 4, has already affected over 1.4 million people and displaced more than 600,000.
• CARE Philippines is responding to these compounded crises through its local partners and the ACCESS Consortium.

Media contacts:

Mary Therese L. Norbe

CARE Philippines Communications Specialist (English, Filipino, Bisaya, Hiligaynon) marytherese.norbe@care.org