(DSWD-DROMIC Facebook Page) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said 21,492 families or 75,110 individuals, are still sheltered in evacuation centers following the devastation caused by Typhoon Nika, Super Typhoon Ofel, and Super Typhoon Pepito. Based on the data from the...
PAGASA Severe Tropical Storm “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) has continued to weaken as it exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Friday afternoon, Nov. 15, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). In its 5 p.m. bulletin,...
PAGASA The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, Nov. 15 that Severe Tropical Storm “Pepito” (international name: Man-yi) has intensified into a typhoon, while Typhoon “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) has weakened into a...
PAGASA The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Typhoon “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) has further weakened as it moved over the Babuyan Islands on Thursday evening, Nov. 14. According to PAGASA’s 11 p.m. bulletin, Ofel now has maximum...
Police forces have started implementing preemptive evacuation in coastal communities and other areas prone to landslides and flash flood amid serious threat from super typhoon “Ofel” which is expected to make a landfall near Cagayan Valley region on Thursday, Nov. 14. PNP spokesperson Brig....
PAGASA Super Typhoon “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) weakened after making landfall in Baggao, Cagayan at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Ofel has been downgraded to a typhoon, though it remains a...
The Cagayan Valley Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council is on alert as super typhoon “Ofel” is expected to make landfall in this province or Isabela on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 14. Also on alert for Ofel is the Ilocos Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council....
Satellite animation showing Super Typhoon Ofel (Usagi) and Tropical Storm Man-yi (Courtesy of PAGASA) Super Typhoon “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) maintained its strength as it nears Cagayan Valley, with landfall expected over Cagayan or Isabela on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 14, said the...
PAGASA Tropical cyclone “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) has rapidly intensified into a super typhoon, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to raise Signal No. 5 due to the potential for extreme impacts in the coming hours....
PAGASA The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) raised Wind Signal No. 3 over a portion of Cagayan province on Wednesday, Nov. 13, as Typhoon “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) continued to intensify over the Philippine Sea. In its 11 p.m....
Satellite image of Typhoon Ofel (international name: Usagi) (Courtesy of PAGASA) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Typhoon “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) continued to intensify as it moved over the Philippine Sea east of Aurora on...
PAGASA The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has placed parts of Cagayan and Isabela under Signal No. 2 as Typhoon “Ofel” (international name: Usagi) moved closer to eastern Luzon. As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the center of Ofel was...