Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), operator of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), is deploying temporary flood barriers, siphoning trucks and intensified pumping operations in Tulaoc, San Simon, Pampanga. It made this gesture even as it sought understanding from motorists caught in...
More than 15,800 residents across Luzon were rescued and evacuated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) as intensified rains from the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” caused widespread flooding in several provinces. The PCG said its teams conducted simultaneous rescue operations and preemptive...
As rescue teams searched for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation. The flooding Wednesday killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet, and hundreds more are...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, Aug. 28, that Philippine officials are still awaiting confirmation from Nepali authorities regarding a Filipino national reportedly missing following massive flash floods in northern Nepal. DFA spokesperson Analyn Ratonel said the Philippine...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, August 27, that Philippine officials are actively monitoring massive flash floods in northern Nepal as authorities work to determine whether Filipino nationals were affected, including reports of a Filipino traveler missing in the disaster. In...
DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. Videos of the...
Bulacan Governor Daniel R. Fernando on Wednesday, August 19, called on residents to take all necessary measures to safeguard life and property amid monsoon rains, as more than 100 barangays across the province are now under floodwaters. Fernando advised the public to closely monitor heavy rainfall...
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco is aware that garbage control directly affects flood control. Intending to do something about it, Tiangco filed House Bill (HB) No.10841 or the Anti-Littering Community Service Act in the current 20th Congress. The measure, lodged in the House of...
The massive flooding that paralyzed Metro Manila on Monday, Aug. 17, should force the government to confront the issue head-on. After decades of flood-control spending, why are our cities still so easily overwhelmed by rain? The answer cannot simply be another multibillion-peso flood control...
ILOILO CITY—The number of barangays (villages) in this city affected by flood from heavy rainfall enhanced by habagat (southwest monsoon) has climbed to 65 from the initial count of 56 barangays. According to the Iloilo City Emergency Operations Center, around 160–165 millimeters of rainfall...
A Metro Manila congressman is espousing science-based solutions coupled with disciplined waste disposal to finally put an end to perennial flooding in the country’s low-lying communities. Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan said that while band-aid fixes can instantly...
Fed up with the floods caused by the Habagat-strengthened rains, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co went off on the government on Friday, Aug. 14 as she sought genuine solutions to the flood control corruption issue. In particular, Co complained of the widespread flooding caused by the unyielding...
