The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Friday afternoon, Sept. 26, issued clarifications on the running tally of casualties related to Severe Tropical Storm “Opong”. OCD spokesperson Junie Castillo said there were two dead in Masbate, not four as initially reported by Bicol Regional Disaster Risk...
The death toll from the combined effects of tropical cyclones “Crising”, “Dante”, “Emong” and the southwest monsoon (habagat) has climbed to 38, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Sunday, Aug. 3. In a report, the NDRRMC said most of the...
ILOILO CITY – Six people died and two persons remain missing from the stormy weather last month in Western Visayas region, latest data released by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-6 chaired by the Office of Civil Defense-6 on the impact of the ‘’habagat’’...
The death toll due to the combined effects of Tropical Cyclones “Crising”, “Dante”, “Emong” and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) was lowered by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to 31 from 32 on Monday, July 28. A report from the NDRRMC showed...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-Bicol has recorded six fatalities due to severe tropical storm “Kristine. Gremil Naz, OCD-Bicol information officer, said these fatalities as of Thursday morning, Oct. 24, were from the provinces of Masbate and...
Super typhoon “Egay” may have left the country last week but the devastation it left was continuously felt as two more fatalities were reported by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), which brought the death toll to 29 as of Friday, August 4. The NDRRMC said 14...
SANLIURFA, Türkiye - A major earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,800 people and flattening thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors. Residents search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of a building that collapsed, following...
A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel helps evacuate a child from a flooded area in Zamboanga on Jan. 11. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The two-week rains caused by a low-pressure area (LPA) in Northern Mindanao affected 59,000 individuals, left seven dead, and damaged more than P22-million worth of...
Relatives of a victim of the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino fire in Poipet, Cambodia, mourn at a temple on the Thai side of the border in Aranyaprathet on December 30, 2022. Rescuers scoured the charred ruins of a Cambodian hotel and casino complex on December 30, warning they expected to find...
PARIS, France – The true global death toll of Covid-19 remains difficult to nail down three years after the first case was detected, though experts agree there have been far more fatalities than officially reported. Patient beds in Beijing stadium. China could see over 1 million Covid deaths...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The death toll from a fierce winter storm that gripped much of the United States over Christmas rose to at least 61 on Thursday, officials said. A gigantic snow pile is seen in front of Central Terminal in Buffalo, New York, on December 29, 2022. The death toll from a...
A 59-year-old man from Tubo, Abra was the latest addition to the list of individuals that have died due to the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rocked the province more than a week ago, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Friday, August 5. A day after a...
