Close to 6,000 passengers were stranded across 81 seaports in eight regions on Tuesday, Nov. 25, as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) enforced a sweeping no-sail order amid the onslaught of Tropical Depression Verbena. From 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., the PCG recorded 5,832 stranded individuals along with...
Tropical Depression Verbena moved toward the Negros Island Region after making three landfalls in Caraga and Central Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Tuesday, Nov. 25. PAGASA recorded Verbena’s landfalls in Bayabas, Surigao...
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson issued an executive order on Monday, Nov. 24, directing the pre-emptive evacuation of residents in high-risk areas due to the threat of tropical depression “Verbena.” The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) recommended...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) issued a lahar advisory on Monday afternoon, Nov. 24, warning communities around Mayon Volcano to brace for possible volcanic sediment flows due to expected heavy rains from tropical cyclone ‘Verbana.’ The...
Tropical Depression Verbena made landfall over Bayabas, Surigao del Sur at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. The weather disturbance had maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour (kph) near the...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday, Nov. 24, issued a lahar advisory for Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island, warning that heavy rainfall from Tropical Depression Verbena may trigger dangerous sediment flows and lahars on its slopes. Citing the 11 a.m. Tropical...
BUTUAN CITY – The city government of Butuan suspended face-to-face classes in public schools on Monday, Nov. 24, as precautionary measure against the possible effects of tropical depression ‘’Verbena” which approached the Caraga region. Private schools were encouraged to suspended classes....
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) suspended maritime voyages across Bicol (Region 5), the Visayas, and parts of Mimaropa (Region 4B) on Monday, Nov. 24, as Tropical Depression “Verbena” and a prevailing shear line stirred unsafe maritime conditions, prompting authorities to broaden travel...
Tropical Depression Verbena maintained its strength on Monday, Nov. 24, as it moved toward the Caraga region, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to place 27 areas in Visayas, northeastern Mindanao, and southern Luzon under Tropical...
5 a.m., Nov. 27 Typhoon Verbena (Koto) exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility. READ: mb.com.ph/2025/11/27/typhoon-verbena-exits-par-heavy-rains-persist-in-parts-of-northern-luzon-due-to-shear-line 5 a.m., Nov. 26 Tropical Storm Verbena (Koto) further intensified while traversing the West...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday, Nov. 24, warned that Tropical Depression Verbena is likely to bring heavy rainfall and rough seas across parts of the country. Verbena is expected to reach northeastern Mindanao around this noon or...
A low-pressure area (LPA) east of Mindanao has developed into a tropical depression and was named “Verbena,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Monday, Nov. 24. It is the third tropical cyclone to form inside the Philippine Area of...
