The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) urged the public on Friday night, July 2, to be vigilant against a major eruption of Taal Volcano, which it said was "possible" in the coming days. NDRRMC Executive Director Ricardo Jalad presents updates on the volcanic...
More than 1,300 individuals in Batangas were affected by the sudden phreatomagmatic (magmatic gases and steam) eruption of Taal volcano on Thursday afternoon, July 1. The eruption sent residents scurrying out of their homes to escape hot ash plumes that were ejected into the air by the volcano,...
Mass evacuations of more than 14,000 residents are currently being conducted in high-risk barangays of Agoncillo and Laurel towns of Batangas after Taal Volcano spewed a kilometer-high phreatomagmatic plume and was eventually placed under Alert Level 3 which means magmatic intrusion at the main...
Three more people in Calubian, Leyte died as the devastation wrought by tropical storm (TS) "Dante" in Eastern Visayas has slowly unfolded, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) confirmed Saturday, June 5. RAGING WATER. Flashflood brought about by tropical storm...
Tropical storm (TS) "Dante" has claimed two more lives, pushing the total death toll to six as a result, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Friday, June 4. PAGASA tracking of tropical storm Dante (Courtesy of PAGASA) The NDRRMC said a 49-year-old man was...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday, June 1, placed on full alert its disaster response units in parts of Visayas and Mindanao that are on the path of tropical storm (TS) "Dante." (MANILA BULLETIN) PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said all concerned police offices, especially those in...
Amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has announced that the second quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) will be held virtually on June 10. The second quarter online National...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) maintained its "red alert" status Friday, May 14, as tropical depression (TD) "Crising" is expected to barrel through the country toward the Sulu Sea. Track of tropical storm 'Crising'. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Atmospheric,...
The provinces on the expected path of tropical depression "Crising" must brace for heavy rains ahead of the weekend, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Thursday, May 13. (Photo by Eutah Mizushima / Unsplash) "Areas of Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Sur, Davao...
A ranking official of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has denied that that the government's multi-billion Calamity Fund remain unspent, stressing that it is continuously being spent by the agency to address the needs of victims of various disasters and other...
A day after super typhoon Rolly pummeled the Bicol region, the Department of Energy (DOE) reported that consumers in the severely battered provinces of Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon and Catanduanes are still agonizing from total blackouts. A tricycle speed past toppled electric...
