Santi whips capital leaving more families homeless

Typhoon Santi (Mirinae) lashed the capital and nearby provinces Saturday leaving 5,564 damaged houses and Php15.6 million worth infrastructural losses in Camarines Sur alone, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) report said.
Typhoon Santi, with maximum winds of 150 kph and gustiness of up to 180 kph, slammed into Quezon Province northeast of Manila around midnight Friday, quickly moving westward south of [...]

Update: “Pepeng” (Parma) leaves 719 casualties

The number of casualties from the floods and landslides brought by Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) has already reached 719 after more bodies were recovered, majority of which came from the landslide-hit areas of the Cordillera Region, and the flooded province of Pangasinan.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council said, 465 were killed, 207 injured, and 47 remain missing.
The [...]

“Pepeng” leaves 629 casualties

The number of casualties from the floods and landslides brought by Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) has already reached 629 after more bodies were recovered, majority of which came from the landslide-hit areas of the Cordillera Region, and the flooded province of Pangasinan.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council said, 185 were injured, and 52 remain missing.
The number of [...]

“Pepeng” death toll now at 375

The death toll from the heavy rains and landslides brought by Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) rose to 375 after more bodies were recovered, majority of which came from the landslide-hit areas of the Cordillera Region, and the flooded province of Pangasinan.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council said, 185 were injured, and 48 remain missing.
The number of affected [...]

Tropical Depression Pepeng makes third landfall in northern Philippines

Tropical depression Pepeng (Parma) made a third landfall in northern Philippines Thursday, causing  widespread flooding and landslides.  Last weekend, Pepeng made landfall over Cagayan, then three days later, over Ilocos Norte.
The number of affected families by Pepeng has increased to 234,232 or 1,053,325 persons in Regions I, II, III, IV-A, V, VI, NCR and CAR. [...]

Over 4 M people affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy

The number of affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana), has already reached more than 4 million people or 829,498 families, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.
The estimated cost of damage to infrastructure and agriculture caused by the Philippines’ worst flooding in four decades has also increased to 9.7 B.
Ondoy battered Metro Manila and parts of [...]

Tropical Storm Pepeng hits Luzon twice in 3 days

Tropical Storm Pepeng (Parma) made landfall Tuesday night over the northern part of Ilocos Norte, hitting Northern Luzon for the second time in three days, the Philippine weather bureau said.
Pepeng, which made its first landfall over Cagayan last Saturday, only worsened the damage it caused to the region when it made its second landfall. Pepeng [...]

Ondoy leaves P8.3 Billion worth of infra and agri losses

Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana), which caused the Philippines’ worst flooding in four decades, left Php8.3 Billion worth of damages to infrastructure (P2.7B) and agriculture (P5.5B), the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.
Ondoy battered Metro Manila and parts of Luzon after it made landfall near the boundary of Aurora and Quezon last September 26. Metro Manila, Bulacan, [...]

Typhoon Pepeng causes flooding and landslides in Northern Philippines

Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) caused widespread flooding and landslides Saturday that buried at least two families in the Northern Philippines, just barely a week after Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana) battered Metro Manila.
At least 14 people died when Pepeng hit the main island of Luzon. The National Disaster Coordinating Council reported that 32,055 families or 152,775 persons [...]

Update: Families affected by Ondoy continue to rise

The number of families affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana) continued to increase. The National Disaster Coordinating Council reported that 629,466 families of 3 million people have already been affected. There are also 83,493 families or 419,333 persons still staying in 526 evacuation centers. Meantime, the total number of casualties has already increased [...]

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