TACLOBAN CITY - At least two individuals were killed and 129 were rescued in a landslide that occurred in two villages in Abuyog, Leyte, Tuesday (April 12). According to reports, landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Agaton’s torrential rains hit Barangays Pilar and Lawa-an this town. As access...
(PAGASA) 11 p.m., April 12 Tropical depression Agaton (international name: Megi) has weakened into a low pressure area (LPA), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Tuesday, April 12. The LPA – formerly “Agaton” – was spotted in...
After multiple landslides occurred in Leyte due to tropical storm "Agaton", the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) sent a search and rescue team on Monday, April 11, to Barangay Ga-as, Baybay City. (Photos courtesy of Philippine Red Cross) PRC said two assessment teams from their chapter in Leyte, together...
The death toll on the onslaught of tropical depression "Agaton" rose to 31 as more bodies were recovered during the search and retrieval operations in at least two regions affected by the weather disturbance. Police Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, director of the Police Regional Office 8, said almost all...
More than 9,000 individuals were still stranded in various ports nationwide despite the improving weather condition in parts of Bicol (Region 5) and Northeastern Mindanao, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Tuesday, April 12. Passengers at the Batangas Port in Batangas province wait for...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) poured its resources and manpower in Baybay City, Leyte which was deemed hardest hit by Tropical Depression “Agaton.” Search and rescue personnel discover the lifeless body of an individual in Baybay City, Leyte after Typhoon...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has come to the aid of residents badly affected by the onslaught of Tropical Storm “Agaton”, providing food packs and other non-food items. (A family trapped by flood inside their residence in Dumarao town, Capiz province due to continuous...
Presidential candidate and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos has called for a "ceasefire" on politics as his camp joined those racing to respond to victims of typhoon "Agaton" in the Visayas and Mindanao. (Frame Harirak/ Unsplash) “Isantabi muna natin ang pulitika, unahin natin ang...
Tropical depression Agaton (international name: Megi) is still moving northward over the vicinity of Basey, Samar, the state weather bureau said on Monday, April 11. (PAGASA) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), in its latest bulletin issued as...
At least 20 people died while six others were reported missing in Eastern Visayas due to the massive flooding and several; landslides triggered by the onslaught of tropical depression "Agaton". Based on the report from the Police Regional Office 8, almost all of the fatalities were from Baybay City...
ILOILO CITY -- With the continuous rain spawned by tropical depression “Agaton”, residents in low lying areas of northern Iloilo province had to climb to their rooftops as floodwaters kept rising. Residents are seen on their rooftops to escape floodwaters in Ajuy town, Iloilo province. ...
BACOLOD CITY – Some government offices and classes have been suspended here and in Negros Occidental on Monday, April 11, due to ill-effects of tropical depression ‘Agaton’ which battered central Philippines. Personnel of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) in...
