Tag page - Freak weather

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...

BACOLOD CITY – An eatery was destroyed by a tornado that struck Barangay Nanunga, Hinigaran town in Negros Occidental on Monday, May 29. According to the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), the tornado was believed to have formed in a vacant area and directly hit...