How does the severity of humanitarian crisis in the Philippines compare with other countries?
The Philippines鈥 score inched up in the September 2023 iteration of the (Index for Risk Management) Severity Index, scoring 2.6 (out of 5). The country is still classi铿乪d under 鈥渕edium鈥 category but now with a 鈥渟table鈥 trend in the past three months. The index is a composite indicator designed to assess the severity of humanitarian crises against a common scale using various data from publicly available sources. In September, the country鈥檚 severity score was driven by the Mindanao con铿俰ct, Typhoon Paeng (international name: Nalgae), Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) and the southwest monsoon.
