"These communities have been hit now by four major storms since the end of September and the situation remains very serious," Anna Nelson of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told a news briefing.
The Geneva-based Federation, the world's largest relief agency, aims to provide food, health care, blankets and mosquito nets to 200,000 people over nine months.
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