The country will experience generally fair weather on Maundy Thursday, April 14 although some areas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers due to the trough of Typhoon "Malakas", the state weather bureau said. (Satellite image from PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) According to Philippine...
TACLOBAN CITY - The sun is finally up. Hope sparks as the search, rescue, and retrieval operations continue to find more survivors and fatalities from the missing individuals in the rubble created by successive landslides at the height of tropical storm Agaton’s onslaught in Baybay City and...
(DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units (LGUs) have so far provided over P21.1 million worth of assistance to families affected by tropical depression Agaton (international name: “Megi”). As of 6 p.m., on Tuesday, April 12,...
ILOILO CITY – Although no storm signal was raised over Iloilo, the flood brought by the tropical depression Agaton’s torrential rains proved deadly as well. The body of Ernesto Pampona Jr. is retrieved by rescuers in Lemery town, Iloilo province. Pamplona was one of the five casualties in the...
ILOILO CITY -- Four towns and a component city in Iloilo province have been declared in a state of calamity due to the massive flood left by tropical storm ‘Agaton.’ A backhoe was used during rescue operations for residents affected by flood caused by rains from tropical depression Agaton in...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Daisy Mae Villaroel, 23, was still in distress as she waited for her turn to be treated by Department of Health (DOH) representatives at the evacuation center in Abuyog, Leyte. Her 2-year-old son Zharyn is one of the recent casualties left by Tropical Storm 'Agaton.' Her brother is...
Disaster management officials have anticipated the occurrence of landslides in hazard-prone areas in Baybay City, Leyte but they were apparently shocked with the extent of its damage, a spokesperson for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) admitted Wednesday, April...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The low pressure area (LPA), formerly tropical depression Agaton (international name: Megi), has already dissipated before Wednesday noon, April 13, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Although the LPA has already...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo returned to Catanduanes on Tuesday, April 12, securing the endorsement of the island province’s governor and 11 mayors for her presidential bid. Local officials in Catanduanes endorse the candidacies of Vice President Leni Robredo and running mate...
Satellite image of tropical depression Agaton and typhoon Malakas on April 10, 2022. (PAGASA) Tropical depression Agaton’s slow movement over the Philippines was a major contributor to its extreme rainfall and the resulting flooding in several parts of southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. But...
Bad weather conditions may have prevented independent presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and his vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III from visiting a flood-affected area in Iloilo, but their supporters made sure their presence would still be felt....
(SCREEN GRAB FROM PAGASA YOUTUBE CHANNEL) The low pressure area (LPA), formerly tropical depression Agaton, will continue to bring rains over Visayas, and parts of southern Luzon and Mindanao in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
