ZAMBOANGA CITY – Some 300 families evacuated after a subdivision perimeter fence collapsed due to flash flood at the height of heavy rains here on Monday, Aug. 25. Floodwaters surged into Ayudahan Drive of the Ayudahan Homeowners Association and a portion of the Kalayaan Village in Barangay...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,431 families were displaced by flooding in this highly-urbanized city and Talisay City, Negros Occidental, following hours of heavy rains from Friday night, July 11, to Saturday morning, July 12. Data released by Mayor Greg Gasataya here on Saturday morning said 301...
CEBU CITY – An 84-year-old woman was found dead several hours after she was swept away by a rampaging flash flood in Barangay Ginabucan, Catmon town, northern Cebu province. The body of Gregoria Podot was found on Monday night, June 16. Investigation showed that the woman tended to her vegetable...
BACOLOD CITY – Four-thousand households in seven barangays in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental have no water after the intake tank of a treatment facility in Sitio Medina, Barangay Rizal. San Carlos City was damaged by a flashflood due to heavy rain on Sunday, Feb. 23. FLASHFLOOD damaged...
BACOLOD CITY – Residents fled their homes as flashfloods inundated Cadiz City and Manapla, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Dec. 22. THE Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Negros Occidental Bacolod City Chapter Emergency Response Unit and Ambulance Team rescue flooded residents in Villa Sagrado...
AGONCILLO, Batangas – Eight persons were killed and six individuals are missing in three barangays due to a flash flood here spawned by tropical cyclone "Kristine" on Thursday, Oct. 24. A WELCOME arch in the town of Agoncillo in Batangas province. (Wikipedia) Police identified the fatalities as...
BALETE, Batangas – Seven individuals were reported missing after their house was washed away by a flash flood in Sitio Siatin, Barangay San Sebastian, this town, on Friday morning, Oct. 25. A STREET in Balete, Batangas. (Wikipedia) Police identified the missing as Rodrigo M. Falceso, 47;...
President Marcos assured the victims of the recent flash flood in Cebu that the government will provide immediate assistance to them. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos also said that search and rescue operations are being conducted following a tragic incident in...
A sudden heavy downpour surprised Baguio City on Holy Wednesday and several vehicles parked at the City Camp Lagoon were submerged as a result. The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office said on Maundy Thursday that 11 cars were directly submerged and four of them were immediately removed...
DAVAO CITY – More than 2,000 families from Davao de Oro and Davao Oriental affected by flood received food and non-food assistance from two government agencies in the Davao region on Wednesday, January 17. The Coast Guard in Davao Oriental distributed 100 sacks of relief goods to hundreds of...
BUTUAN CITY – Two towns in Agusan del Sur have been placed under a state of calamity due to flash floods caused by heavy rains from the shear line since Monday, January 15. A LANDSLIDE caused by heavy rains blocks a road in Agusan del Sur. (FB) The Agusan del Sur Provincial...
BUTUAN CITY – The Army 60th Infantry (Mediator) Battalion (IB) has mobilized field units to extend assistance to flash floods victims in Agusan del Sur, Davao de Oro, and Davao del Norte. SOLDIERS rescue villagers from a flash flood in Asuncion town, Davao del Norte. (Photo via Mike U. Crismundo)...
