Photo Gallery: Poblacion, Muntinlupa floods

CDRC conducted a Damage, Needs and Capacities Assessment (DNCA) in Poblacion, Muntinlupa. The area remains flooded due to three successive typhoons: Pedring, Quiel and Ramon.

Photo Gallery: Muntinlupa remains flooded

More than 600 families were forced to leave their homes because of the flooding caused by typhoon Ramon in Tunasan, Muntinlupa City. The water level in Laguna Lake was already high with the onslaught of two previous typhoons –Pedring and Quiel respectively, but the recent typhoon added more flood water to the areas concerned.

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 [...]

Photo Gallery: Relief Delivery Operation in Happy Land, Tondo

Damage Needs Capacities Assessment and Relief Delivery Operation in Happy Land, Tondo last October 1, 2011 for the families affected by Typhoon Pedring.

“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 [...]

1.1 million people affected by “Falcon”

Heavy rains due to tropical storm “Falcon” (international name Meari) caused flooding in different areas in the National Capital Region and nearby regions in the Philippines.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Falcon affected at least 231,542 families or 1,103,428 people in 698 baranggays, 69 municipalities, 21 cities and four regions as [...]

Muntinlupa fire leaves hundreds homeless for Christmas

Hundreds of families were left homeless Thursday after a fire raged for almost seven hours in Barangay Cupang, Muntinlupa City.
Chief Insp. Roderick Aguto Sr., said about 800 families were affected by the fire which razed about 200 houses, mostly made of lightweight materials.
The Muntinlupa City Fire Station said the fire broke out at 7:15 p.m. [...]

1,491 families homeless in Navotas fire

A four-hour fire broke out thursday night in Barangay Navotas West and Barangay Sipac in Navotas city, leaving at least 1,491 families or 7,157 persons homeless.
800 houses, mostly made of light materials, were destroyed.
Two children were reportedly killed in the incident.
5 evacuation centers, including Bagumbayan Elementary School, Navotas National Highschool and the city’s sports complex, [...]

Photo Gallery: Fire in Navotas

A four-hour fire broke out thursday night in Barangay Navotas West and Barangay Sipac in Navotas city, leaving at least 1,491 families or 7,157 persons homeless.
Sources:
Community Response for Enlightenment,  Service and  Transformation, Inc. (CREST)

Philippine Daily Inquirer. “Navotas fire victims move to new shelters”. Retrieved 31 August 2010 from http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20100831-289647/Navotas-fire-victims-move-to-new-shelters

10 Ondoy-affected communities organized for child protection and disaster preparedness; 1,097 children now on their way towards psychosocial healing and recovery

Some 1,097 children and 502 adults in 10 communities in Quezon City, Muntinlupa, Manila and Marikina severely affected by TS Ondoy are now organized for child protection and disaster preparedness.
This was made possible through the project “Rebuilding Lives After Ondoy and Pepeng: A Contribution to Children’s Recovery and Disaster Risk [...]

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