Several parts of Metro Manila were inundated in flood waters brought about by intense rains due to the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” Flooding was reported along Taft Avenue in Manila which caused heavy traffic and inconvenience to pedestrians on Monday, July 21. Despite earlier preparations...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two days of heavy downpours in South Korea have killed at least four people and forced more than 1,300 others to evacuate, officials said Thursday. One person was killed when their car was buried by soil and concrete after a retaining wall of an overpass collapsed in...
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...
BACOLOD CITY – Bacolod Rep. Albee Benitez and Mayor Greg Gasataya have ordered swift and coordinated action from government agencies following the severe flooding in this highly-urbanized city over the weekend that affected about 5,000 residents and displaced around 441 families. The two leaders...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Greg Gasataya has ordered intensified dredging operations starting Monday, July 14, after a flood swamped this city over the weekend. Gasataya said the activity focusing on northern waterways is in response to the severe flooding that inundated various areas following...
Senator Loren Legarda on Thursday, July 10 urged local government units and concerned government agencies to sustain their waterway cleanup efforts as rains begin to pound Metro Manila. Legarda made the call following the massive flooding last Tuesday after heavy rains inundated parts of Metro...
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend surpassed 100 on Monday as search-and-rescue teams continued to wade into swollen rivers and use heavy equipment to untangle trees as part of the massive search for missing people. Authorities...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Nearly 400 families evacuated at the height of heavy rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” and low-pressure area here on Saturday, June 7. The City Social Welfare and Development Office reported that 383 families or 1,186 individuals evacuated to safer grounds after...
The Malabon City government has deployed 505 sandbags along critical waterways to strengthen riverbanks and help prevent flooding in several barangays on Tuesday, June 3. According to the city’s Public Information Office (PIO), the initiative is a response to the ongoing repair of the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided P32 million worth of relief assistance to local government units affected by heavy rains and flooding in Mindanao and parts of the Visayas, Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Thursday, May 29. The aid, which includes food and...
DAVAO CITY – The province of Maguindanao del Sur has sustained P121 million in damage to agriculture from the massive flooding that has destroyed over 6,000 hectares of agricultural land, the Bangsamoro Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
