Pedring surpasses Ondoy in damage caused

Typhoon Pedring (Nesat) left Php 14.9 billion in damages to agriculture and infrastructure, surpassing the Php 12.3 billion in damages wrought by Typhoon Ondoy in 2009, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.
NDRRMC reported 12.7 billion damage to agriculture (crops, livestock, fisheries) and 2.1 billion in infrastructures (schools, hospitals, roads, bridges).
Five provinces, eight [...]

“Pedring” lashes Luzon

Typhoon Pedring (International Name: Nesat), which entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on September 25, 2011, left 35,273 families or 171, 570 persons affected.
At least 20 people were killed, 14 injured and 35 missing in the National Capital Region, and the provinces of La Union, Cagayan, Bulacan, Zambales, Pampanga, Rizal, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes and Ifugao.
All [...]

Typhoon Mina batters Northern Luzon

Typhoon Mina (Nanmadol) left 80,908 families affected in 17 provinces in 7 regions in the Philippines.
Mina started out as a Low Pressure Area in the Visayas Region on August 21, and gradually developed into a typhoon on August 25 as it moved westward towards Northern Luzon. It finally moved out of the Philippine Area of [...]

Photo Gallery: Typhoon Juan Relief Assistance

CDRC and its Regional Partners (CDRDS, ICRED, ABI and CRRS-CV) launched a series of Relief Delivery Operations in the Typhoon Juan-struck provinces of Ilocos Sur, La Union, Cagayan, Isabela, Pangasinan, Aurora, Tarlac, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Abra, Benguet and Ifugao. The RDOs, which happened in a span of three months (November 2010-January 2011), served more [...]

Cordillera Region battered by Super Typhoon Juan

Kalinga Province

Kalinga is one among the hardly hit province by super typhoon Juan on October 17 to 19, 2010. The province was under signal # 1 on October 17 then on the early morning of October 18, Kalinga was under Signal #3 then just a few hours it was under signal #4. [...]

Supertyphoon Juan leaves Northern Luzon devastated

As Supertyphoon Juan (International name: Megi) heads out of the Philippines, it left billions of pesos of damages on staple crops, vital infrastructures, and power transmission lines in Northern Luzon. Thousands of people were dislocated, including some 12 people who died.
As of 4:00 p.m. today, October 20, 2010, Juan was located 350 km West of [...]

Supertyphoon Juan (Megi) traversing Philippines with casualties and damages

As early as 4:00 a.m. today (Oct 19), Juan was last seen 210 km West Southwest of Laoag City heading Northwest at 22 kph. Its maximum wind reached to 160 kph near the center while gustiness up to 195 kph.
Juan’s trail with 225 kph and gusts of 260 kph yesterday’s morning landfall at Sierra Madre’s [...]

Initial report on Typhoon Juan: 3,687 affected

As of 4:00 p.m., October 18, 2010, 781 families comprising of 3,687 individuals from Region I, II, and the CAR have been evacuated to local Community Centers, Bgry. Halls, and Gymnasium as precautionary measures after Typhoon Juan as it tracked the soil of Philippines territory.
Ilocus Sur of Region I, a road was closed due to [...]

Into the Bokod and Itogon Mountains: Enhancing capacities and reducing vulnerabilities in disaster-prone communities

It was past 7 o’clock in the morning of March 22 when we left Baguio and started traveling the mountain roads that will lead us to Bokod and Itogon. We were to learn about the impacts of Typhoon Pepeng (International name: Parma) in the villages, the response of the residents in these areas and the dangers that they continue to face.

Swiss and Austrian Aid Agencies help repair Pepeng-destroyed homes in Northern Luzon

A groundbreaking ceremony for the repair of more than 1,000 homes destroyed by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng was held yesterday, March 22 in Botoc, Benguet.

Some 45 houses will be repaired in Sitio Labey in Botoc, Benguet, one of the communities which suffered from extensive damages after it was hit by typhoon Pepeng (Parma) in October 2009.

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