• Mangrove, giant bamboo and bitaog trees play an important role in recuding flooding. • Wind and swell waves lose energy and height when they pass through mangrove forests because the aerial tangled roots and branches act as physical barriers • The roots of a giant bamboo absorb excess water...
TUGUEGARAO CITY – As part of its social responsibility, the SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown (SMTD) on Sunday offered free overnight parking in the face of severe flooding caused by Typhoon Paeng’s rains. Free parking overnight (Photo via Liezle Inigo) The SM mall has been offering free overnight...
Gutter-deep floods triggered by non-stop rains brought by severe tropical storm "Paeng" hit low-lying areas in Manila on Saturday, Oct. 29. Pedestrians and motorists wade through gutter-deep flood along Taft Ave and General Luna St. on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2022, due to sever tropical storm...
In less than 24 hours, severe tropical storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) already made landfall four times. This, however, will not be the last as the weather disturbance is about to hit the country’s landmass anew according to the state weather bureau. “On the forecast track, the center...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered his Cabinet members, particularly Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato Solidum Jr., to look into how the government could have do better in terms of issuing warnings against flooding and preemptively evacuating people from...
DAVAO CITY – The agricultural town of Pigcawayan, Cotabato has experienced the worst flooding in recent history, with 28 out of 40 barangays inundated, Mayor Juanito Agustin disclosed. RESIDENTS wade through a flooded road in Pigcawayan, Cotabato on Friday, Oct. 28. Pigcawayan has experienced the...
Cyclone Paeng (international name: Nalgae) is now a severe tropical storm, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on early Saturday morning, Oct. 29. Severe tropical storm Paeng was last spotted over the coastal waters of Virac, Catanduanes,...
Tropical storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) may generate storm surges in selected Philippine coastal areas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned. Storm surge, locally known as daluyong ng bagyo, is defined as the “abnormal rise in...
In a span of 10 days, Cagayan was devastated by three powerful typhoons, the latest of which – Tropical Depression “Obet” – forced more than 100 residents to evacuate and caused flooding in nearly a dozen areas. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel rescue residents in Brgy. Dodan, Aparri,...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government will create short and long-term solutions to address flooding here. FLOODING near SM City Bacolod due to moderate rainfall on Monday, Oct. 3. (Photo courtesy of the Bacolod City PIO) Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez met the Department of Public Works...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto reminded the public on Friday, Sept. 23, of the environmental perils of land grabbing in the Masungi Georeserve, citing its impact in worsening floods. “If land grabbers succeed, flooding will worsen as the years go by. No flood control will be enough if we do not...
Heavy rains caused gutter-deep to waist-deep floods in some parts of Taytay, Rizal Wednesday noon, Aug. 31. Photo from Taytay PIO In a Facebook post, the Taytay Public Information Office (PIO) said some parts of Barangay Dolores, Sta. Ana, San Isidro and San Juan experienced flooding. These four...
