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 Luzon after it...

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 remained stationary off South...