The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assured residents of Barangay Kang-actol in Dumanjug, Cebu, that the flood control structure collapsed by Typhoon Verbena on Nov. 25 will be rebuilt in a week. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the immediate repair of the structure to protect...
Typhoon Verbena (international name: Koto) exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) early Thursday morning, Nov. 27, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. As of 8 a.m., the typhoon was located 240 kilometers north of Pag-asa...
Tropical Storm Verbena (international name: Koto) intensified into a severe tropical storm while moving farther away from the Philippines on Wednesday, Nov. 26, prompting improving weather conditions in most parts of the country. In its tropical cyclone bulletin issued at 11 a.m., the Philippine...
Two people went missing in the Negros Island Region (NIR) as the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm “Verbena” and the shearline swept across five regions in Visayas and Mindanao, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Search...
Tropical Storm Verbena (international name: Koto) continued to move over the West Philippine Sea on Wednesday morning, Nov. 26, after making five landfalls across Caraga, central Visayas, and Palawan, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said....
BACOLOD CITY – Around 4,230 families or 13,831 individuals were displaced due to heavy rain from tropical depression “Verbena” in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that 269 families were affected in San Carlos City,...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Tropical Depression Verbena intensified into a tropical storm as it approaches Calamian Islands and the northern part of mainland Palawan on Tuesday evening, Nov. 25. This prompted the issuance of...
The Philippine Navy (PN) is expecting a decrease in the number of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as Tropical Depression “Verbena” approaches the western part of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). As of 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, there were four People’s Liberation...
BUTUAN CITY – Tropical depression "Verbena" affected 47,473 individuals or 15,542 families in the Caraga region, disaster officials reported Tuesday. In a report, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-13 said 15,542 families from 69 barangays felt the storm 's impact,...
Tropical Depression Verbena, which has made four landfalls since Monday, Nov. 24, continued to move across the Sulu Sea on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 25, and was expected to pass near or over Cuyo Islands before making its fifth landfall over the northern portion of Palawan on Tuesday evening, the...
BACOLOD CITY - This highly-urbanized city evacuated at least 5,000 people due to heavy flooding in several areas on Tuesday, Nov. 25, triggered by tropical depression “Verbena.” Rescuers assisted in the evacuation of affected individuals on Tuesday morning, with some residents seeking refuge in...
Tropical Depression (TD) “Verbena” disrupted communities across the Visayas and Mindanao on Tuesday, Nov. 25, affecting close to 47,000 individuals and forcing widespread evacuations as floods and landslides hit several provinces, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
