Typhoon Pablo help in the Philippines

International relief efforts are underway in the Mindanao and Visayas regions in the Philippines after the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued alerts for a typhoon. Its international name is “Bopha” and in the Philippines, it’s known as “Pablo”, and it hit land on the morning of December 4th.

Here is a list of Twitter accounts that are posting information about relief efforts in the affected areas:

• @dost_pagasa
• @NDRRMC_OpCen
• @govph
• @pcdspo
• @philredcross
• @DepEd_ph
• @nababaha

You can also find more information and follow important updates related to the Typhoon through our #PabloPH page.

If you need help

Send a tweet with #rescuePH to call for rescue help and tweet with #reliefPH for relief help.

If you are missing a person or have information about the whereabouts of a person, go to this website and enter the appropriate information.

You can find all important hotlines here.

Official hashtags

The official hashtag to follow important updates on Twitter is #PabloPH, and these are also being used:

• #Pablo - tweets referring to the typhoon
• #walangpasok - tweets referring to classes cancelled due to the storm

Please also tweet links to this crisis response map to help people track the storms progress and get updated emergency information.