More than 1,800 families or 6,500 individuals have fled flooding and heavy rain from the shear line in Palawan. THE Sun shines on Feb. 12 but a part of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan remains flooded following heavy rain from the shear line. (Palawan Island Network FB) The evacuees were from...
Puerto Princesa City in Palawan was placed under a state of calamity on Tuesday, Feb. 11, due to massive flooding caused by the shear line. The city council approved the resolution declaring the state of calamity filed by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council during its regular...
LA PAZ, Leyte – A family of six survived a landslide triggered by heavy rain from the shear line in Barangay Bocawon here on Monday, Feb. 10. A HOUSE is buried by a landslide in Barangay Bocawon, La Paz, Leyte, on Monday, Feb. 10. (Marie Tonette Marticio) The landslide occurred at around 10 a.m....
SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte – Police said a farmer was killed by a lightning strike in Sitio Corcuera, Barangay Laureta, this town, on Tuesday, October 8. The victim, Oswaldo M. Baltazar, 60, was on his way to back to his nipa hut after pasturing his cow in an open field when he was hit during a...
SAN JUAN, Batangas – Freak weather lashed this town, particularly Barangays Mabalanoy and Poblacion, on Friday afternoon, September 27. ROOFS are blown away as freak weather hits San Juan, Batangas on September 27. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office...
BACOLOD CITY – A 21-year-old fisherman was killed by lightning during a thunderstorm in the sea of Purok Maguey, Barangay Tibsoc, San Enrique, Negros Occidental on Tuesday afternoon, September 24. Police identified the victim as Mico Gemino of Barangay Tibsoc. Police Major Leo Estopa, San...
DAVAO CITY – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Davao region said on Friday, September 20, that 139 families or 409 persons in the Davao region were affected by the flooding incident on Wednesday, September 18, caused by heavy rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” The agency said...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A 28-year-old boatman and a cow were killed by lightning in Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte on Sunday, August 25. Police said the boatman Jun and his companion were in the middle of national park Hundreds Island in Alaminos City, Pangasinan, and about to reach Quezon...
TACLOBAN CITY – At least 12 schools in the municipalities of Malitbog, Macrohon, Pintuyan, and Tomas Oppus in Southern Leyte suspended face-to-face classes on Wednesday, April 3, due to extreme heat. The local government of Biliran in Biliran province issued an executive order shifting...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Twenty-one houses were partially damaged by a tornado that struck San Vicente and San Ildefonso, this province, on Thursday. Reygee Rocero, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of San Vicente, said 18 houses were partially damaged in...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Four fishermen were rescued by members of the Bantay Dagat after a tornado overturned their fishing boat in Tayabas Bay in this town on Monday afternoon, August 14. Edwin Frias, head of the Sariaya Bantay Dagat, said the fishing boat was hit by the tornado at around 3 p.m....
SAN NARCISO, Quezon – Two classrooms of the Abuyon National High School in Barangay Abuyon here caught fire after a lightning strike during a thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon, June 28. Residents told police that it was raining at about 1 p.m. when a sharp lightning strike suddenly hit, followed...
