Multiple weather systems will continue to affect large parts of the Philippines on Friday, January 2, bringing cloudy skies, scattered rains, and possible flooding and landslides. Based on the latest weather forecast from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Heavy rainfall from severe thunderstorms over the past few days triggered successive landslides and flooding in Bindoy, Negros Oriental, disrupting traffic as clearing operations continued on New Year’s Day. Engr. Wilfur Herrera Jr., head of the Bindoy Disaster Risk Reduction...
MAUBAN, Quezon - A part of the Mauban-Tayabas Road here was temporarily closed due to a landslide on Wednesday night. The Mauban Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) said the landslide in Barangay San Isidro was triggered by incessant rain from the "amihan" and...
CEBU CITY – Help came for landslide victims in various areas in Bohol province. Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado and Vice Gov. Nick Besas Jr. recently led the distribution of assistance to 320 households affected by landslides in the municipalities of Jagna and Garcia Hernandez. The first cash...
A 13-year-old boy was buried alive in a landslide Saturday in Santo Domingo town, Albay province, triggered by torrential rains from tropical depression “Wilma.” Santo Domingo Vice Mayor Mark Aguas said the boy was reportedly waiting with a group of children for fallen coconuts being washed...
TUBA, Benguet – A mining company production department supervisor was killed in landslide in a mining site here on Dec. 1. The victim, whose name was not disclosed by the police, is a 48-year-old native of Pangasinan and resident of Philex Mines, Camp 3, Tuba. According to the Tuba Municipal...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Two maintenance section personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) were buried alive in a landslide in Barangay San Juan, Santa Praxedes town, Cagayan province, on Friday morning, Nov. 28. Wilzon Valdez, DPWH-Ilocos information officer, identified the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has opened a temporary access road and stairway in the landslide-hit section of Bukidnon-Davao Road in Quezon, Bukidnon, to provide motorists and residents limited passage as full restoration work continues. DPWH said its engineers are completing...
KABUGAO, Apayao – Two persons were killed and one is missing in a landslide in Sitio Purag, Barangay Badduat, this town, on Thursday morning, Nov. 20. Mayor Bensmar Ligwang and Vice Mayor Frederick Amid led the search, rescue, and retrieval operations with the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A landslide buried a passenger bus on a treacherous mountain pass in Vietnam, killing six people and injuring 19 others, as more heavy rain was forecast into the week. The earth and rocks collapsed onto the bus late Sunday as it was traveling through the Khanh Le pass in...
LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – The bodies of three landslide victims in Barangay Western Uma here were recovered on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The body of a fourth victim – barangay kagawad Redento Tinio – is yet to be found. Search and retrieval operations for Tinio resumed Wednesday, Nov. 12. Municipal...
BAGUIO CITY – Sixteen people were killed and two are missing in landslides triggered by super typhoon “Uwan” in the Cordillera region. The Barlig, Mountain Province Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reported that a father and son died while another son was injured in...
