The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Friday, Dec. 17, that typhoon “Odette” (international name: Rai) had similar characteristics with super typhoon “Yolanda” in 2013 and typhoon “Sendong” in 2011. (Screenshot from NDRRMC livestream) Typhoon...
Typhoon Odette has killed at least one person and displaced 198,000 people as it ravaged Visayas, Mindanao, and parts of Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, Dec. 17. Residents who evacuated at the Dinggoy...
The operations center of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) hoisted a red alert status on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 15, in anticipation of the effects of typhoon “Odette.” NDRRMC Executive Director Ricardo Jalad provides updates on typhoon "Odette" on Dec. 15,...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) urged the public Tuesday, Dec. 14, to prepare for the onslaught of tropical storm “Odette” as 10,000 barangays were identified to be at-risk of its devastation. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)...
Malacañang has assured Filipinos of the government's readiness as far as the threat of tropical depression "Odette" is concerned. (Eutah Mizushima/ Unsplash) "The government is closely monitoring tropical depression Odette which, according to weather forecasters, will likely enter the Philippine...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) conducted a disaster preparedness webinar for persons with disability (PWDs), victims of calamities, and fisherfolk as it sought to promote inclusive disaster management among vulnerable populations. The National Disaster Risk...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) urged the public to participate in the this year's fourth quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on November 11. Residents and employees in Manila participate at a metro-wide earthquake drill on July 14, 2017....
A man who went back to the ricefield to check on his cows at the height of severe tropical storm "Maring" in Luna, La Union apparently drowned and became the typhoon's 41st fatality, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Tuesday, Oct. 19. National Disaster...
Four more people died due to severe tropical storm "Maring" which increased the death toll to 13, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Wednesday morning, Oct. 13. Operatives of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and...
At least nine people reportedly died, two were injured, and nine others went missing as severe tropical storm "Maring" hit Northern and Southern Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Tuesday morning, Oct. 12. Residents of Gonzaga town in Cagayan cross the...
Some areas in Cagayan province experienced power interruption on Monday midnight, Oct 11, due to the effects of tropical storm "Maring" while around 200 at-risk individuals fled their homes and were sent to evacuation centers, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) urged the public on Saturday, Oct. 9, to prepare early for tropical storm "Maring" and tropical depression "Nando" which could possibly "combine" while inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). The National Disaster Risk...
