ZAMBOANGA CITY – A whirlwind destroyed 10 houses in Barangay Kud-kud, Siasi municipality, Sulu province on Tuesday. Nine houses on stilts were totally destroyed while the roof of one house was blown off. Siasi Mayor Ben Sayeed Muksan said financial assistance to the affected families are...
People walk through a part of the Amazon River that shows signs of drought, in Santa Sofia, on the outskirts of Leticia, Colombia, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File) Prolonged droughts, wildfires, and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic...
A new wave of financial pain could squeeze consumers’ pockets next week, as pump prices could be tracking new wave of increases – primarily for gasoline products, based on the initial calculation of the oil companies. As assessed by the industry players, the price of gasoline will likely rise...
Four children died and three persons were injured when the tricycle they were riding was crushed by a tree uprooted by bad weather in Barangay Cabasaran, Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Friday, September 13. A SOCIAL worker interviews a victim of a tricycle crushed by a fallen tree in Malabang, Lanao...
ILOILO CITY – Extreme heat was felt as people marked Maundy Thursday in Western Visayas. PEOPLE take a break amid the hot weather in Fort San Pedro in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The State weather bureau said that the heat index was on the “dangerous” level with more than 40 degrees...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez suspended classes on the elementary and secondary levels here for two days due to extreme heat. BENITEZ speaks in a press briefing at the Bacolod City Government Center on Monday, March 11. (Glazyl Masculino) Benitez said that face-to-face...
BUTUAN CITY – The devastating impact of extreme weather events in the Caraga region highlight how uncontrolled population growth is increasing climate vulnerability, a regional population official said on Wednesday, Feb. 7. RESPONDERS conduct rescue operations at the site of a landslide in...
School break in April to May is “more beneficial” to education compared to July-August vacation, a group of education workers on Monday, May 22, said. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are almost through the hottest months and it is alarming how it has made our learners and teachers suffer...
The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has assured the public that there will be no water shortage in Metro Manila amid the threat posed by El Niño. (File photo) MWSS Administrator Leonor Cleofas said they have prepared “for the worst” in anticipation of the possible impacts of...
BATANGAS CITY – Public schools under the Department of Education Division of City Schools here have switched to blended learning over the extreme heat. Dr. Hermogenes Panganiban, schools division superintendent, said 107 out of 108 schools have resorted to modified classes starting on Monday,...
Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida on 28 September 2022, costing $112.9bn in damages. (NASA Earth Observatory/AFP) WASHINGTON, United States – Major hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, drought and a fierce winter storm caused more than $165 billion in damage in the United States last year with...
PARIS, France – Europe endured record extreme weather in 2021, from the hottest day and the warmest summer to deadly wildfires and flooding, the European Union's climate monitoring service reported Friday. While Earth's surface was nearly 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels...
