LEGAZPI CITY – Nearly 100 passengers were stranded in three ports in the Bicol region due to tropical storm “Crising,” the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday. PCG-5 (Bicol) commander Commodore Ivan Roldan said 64 passengers and 21 roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) ships were stranded at the...
BALER, Aurora – The Aurora Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has raised its alert level to blue, activating its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and initiating full-scale preparedness for tropical depression ‘’Crising.’’ The cyclone continues to affect...
Tropical cyclone “Crising” (international name: “Wipha”) intensified from a tropical depression into a tropical storm at 2 a.m. on Friday, July 18, as it moved closer to Northern Luzon, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Thursday, July 17, that higher wind signals are expected over parts of Luzon as tropical depression “Crising” nears tropical storm strength. As of 10 p.m., Crising had maximum sustained winds of 55...
CEBU CITY – Traffic snarled when major thoroughfares were flooded due to sudden downpour here on Wednesday, July 16. Several passengers were stranded while the downpour caused by the southwest monsoon (habagat) led to suspension of classes and sea trips cancelations. The Cebu City Social Welfare...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-3 has placed its units on high alert and activated its disaster response mechanisms ahead of tropical depression Crising’s expected landfall. PRO-3 chief Police Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr. ordered the immediate activation of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Work and classes here were cancelled on Thursday due to heavy rains and strong winds from tropical depression “Crising” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” Acting Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco, officer-in-charge after Mayor Khymer Olaso left for the United States,...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 800 individuals or 250 families have been affected by flooding due to heavy rains from tropical depression ‘’Crising’’ in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said on Thursday. Majority of them are in Isabela town, with...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued a storm surge warning on Thursday afternoon, July 17, due to the potential impact of tropical depression “Crising” on coastal areas of Northern Luzon within the next 48 hours. Storm surge heights...
KALIBO, Aklan – Tropical depression “Crising” halted classes for more than 418,000 students in Western Visayas region on Thursday, July 17. The Department of Education-6 reported that 1,322 schools in Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and Iloilo provinces as well as in the regional capital of...
LEGAZPI CITY/TUGUEGARAO CITY – All district hospitals under the provincial government of Cagayan were placed under blue alert on Thursday for the possible effects of tropical depression “Crising.” On-duty personnel are prepared to respond at any time while off-duty personnel are on standby in...
TACLOBAN CITY – Several local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas suspended classes on Thursday due to heavy rains dumped by tropical depression “Crising.” These LGUs were the towns of Naval, Almeria, Culaba, Cabucgayan, Kawayan, and Caibiran in Biliran province; and Baybay City,...
