December 2014

The Philippines: Assessment found no site requiring search and rescue resulting from devastation caused by Typhoon Hagupit

2014.12.9

Emergency Response

Peace Winds Japan’s search and rescue (SAR) team, which had been on stand-by in Cebu since 5 December as Typhoon Hagupit was moving through the central part of the Philippines, made an aerial survey on 8 December, by two helicopters and one Cessna, of the areas on Samar and its neighboring islands that were hardest [...]

The Philippines: PWJ Search and Rescue Team on stand-by

2014.12.6

Emergency Response

As Super Typhoon Hagupit, locally known as “Ruby,” is approaching the Philippines, Peace Wind Japan (PWJ) has dispatched its search and rescue (SAR) team to this disaster-prone country in Southeast Asia in order to meet humanitarian needs that may possibly result from this extremely large storm. The SAR team, consisting of five rescue members and [...]