Iloilo, Capiz and Aklan under state of calamity due to Typhoon Quinta

Typhoon Quinta, with International Name Wukong, hit Western Visayas Region on December 26. It left 15 dead, including 13 in Iloilo and one each in Aklan and Capiz provinces. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer Visayas, the amount of damage to crops and infrastructure brought by Typhoon “Quinta” in Western Visayas has reached at least [...]

UPDATED: Pablo death toll at 714

Typhoon Pablo, the 16th storm to ravage the Philippines this year, made landfall on the eastern coast of Mindanao early Tuesday of December 4. It brought rain and strong winds that toppled trees and power lines, destroyed houses and roads, and caused floods and mudslides that forced more than 300,000 to seek refuge in evacuation [...]

30 houses in North Cotabato, swept away by floods due to heavy rain brought by Typhoon Ofel

The non-stop heavy rains carried by Typhoon Ofel since Wednesday, October 24, 2012, swept away 30 houses located near and along the Bacong River in North Cotabato. The houses were totally damaged when the rushing water swept away the shanties of the farmers in Sitio Lambusong in Bacong. A big crack in the mountain of [...]

Incessant rains cause floods and landslide in Metro Manila

Torrential rains caused by the southwest monsoon, and enhanced by Tropical Storm Haikui, brought floods and landslide in Metro Manila and nearby provinces on Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Widespread flooding was reported in the cities of Valenzuela, Malabon, Muntinlupa, Makati, Navotas, Paranaque, Quezon, Marikina and Pasig. Flooding was also reported in the nearby provinces of [...]

TS Gener kills 45; affects thousands of families

Tropical Storm Gener (Saola) affected 1,207 barangays, 150 municipalities and 28 cities in 35 provinces across several regions. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council also reported that 190,196 families or 858,534 people have been affected, while 45 people were killed. The total cost of damages to infrastructure was ₱ 116,560,384.00 while the total [...]

Shallow Low Pressure Area affects 6,000 families

Two shallow low pressure areas (SLPA), spotted in Mindanao last week, affected 6, 183 families or 30,937 persons in six provinces in Regions IV-B, X, XI and XII. At least 10 people were reported killed. Flashfloods were reported in Malaybalay and Lantapan, Bukidnon; Glan, Sarangani; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; and Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat. In Malaybalay City, [...]

Five communities displaced due to armed conflict in Malungon, Sarangani

Residents of Malungon, Sarangani Province evacuated on June 1, 2012 at around 12:00 noon after an encounter between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the composite team of the 57th, 58th and 73rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.   The conflict first occurred in the mountainous areas of Brgy. Banate, but quickly spread to [...]

Fire leaves 1,520 families homeless in Isla Puting Bato

A fire hits a densely populated urban poor community in Isla Puting Bato, Brgy. 20, Tondo, Manila, last May 11, 2012 that lasted for two hours from 4:00 in the afternoon until 6:00 in the evening. The fire left around one thousand two hundred ninety four (1,520) or five thousand four hundred thirty six (5,536) [...]

Lumad and peasant communities in Agusan and Surigao del Norte displaced

In 2011, Caraga region has suffered from heightened militarization, continuing and ever increasing in intensity since February this year. Combat operations are accompanied by bombings and aerial strikes targeting mountain areas where lumad communities live.  The Lumad-Mamanwa communites in Zapanta Valley, Brgy. Bangayan, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte and Ferlda, Alegria, Surigao del Norte, Lusong, Brgy. [...]

Heavy rainfall in SOCSKSARGEN causes flooding and landslides

The heavy rainfall that started last February 12 has resulted to the evacuation of 675 families in General Santos City and 87 families in Alabel. It also affected 275 families in Alabel and 758 families in Malapatan and Glan in Sarangani Province. Many houses and highways in some portions of Sarangani and General Santos communities [...]

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