President Marcos has tasked government agencies to ensure that the infrastructure being built is responsive to the needs of the present and anticipates the worst following the recent flooding in Mindanao. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he...
A young boy braves the flood in Carmen, Davao del Norte to get food and water delivered by the troops from the 27th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army on Feb. 3, 2024. (Photo by 27IB) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) vowed to support measures to mitigate flood risks particularly in highly...
A young boy braves the flood in Carmen, Davao del Norte to get food and water delivered by the troops from the 27th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army on Feb. 3, 2024. (Photo by 27IB) Food, water, and other much-needed relief assistance were transported by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
DAVAO CITY – Many residents of a subdivision here have mastered the art of evacuation as well as adaptation as they have nowhere to go when flood strikes. RESIDENTS wash clothes on Monday, February 5, a week after hundreds of houses were submerged by flood at Jade Valley...
Personnel of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) special Operations Group rescue residents from severe flooding in Brgy. Guadalupe, Carmen, Davao del Norte on Feb. 2, 2024. (Photo by PCG Southeastern Mindanao) The death toll from the widespread flooding and landslides that hit Mindanao has risen to 16,...
Rescue personnel search for survivors after a landslide hit Brgy. Rotten, Monkayo, Davao de Oro on Feb. 2. A 98-year-old woman died while three others were hurt in the landslide. (Photo courtesy of Monkayo LGU) The death toll from devastating landslides and widespread flooding across Davao Region...
DAVAO CITY – An environmental group has attributed the widespread flooding and landslides in the Davao region to the diminishing forest cover, massive land conversion, and poor urban planning. RESIDENTS gather beside a destroyed road in San Isidro, Davao Oriental. (Contributed photo) ...
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have killed six people in Mindanao, with one other person missing, rescuers said on Thursday, February 1. RESIDENTS push a makeshift raft loaded with a motorcycle through flood waters brought about by heavy rains in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez endorsed on Thursday, Feb. 1, the immediate release of P150 million in financial assistance to the victims of the destructive floods in the Davao region. “This is to...
DAVAO CITY – Four-hundred sixty-families evacuated as rivers overflowed and flooded residential areas in two provinces in the Davao region due to non-stop rainfall from the low-pressure area (LPA) since Tuesday, January 30. PEOPLE evacuate from their flood-stricken homes in Davao City. ...
DAVAO CITY – Moderate to heavy rain since Tuesday, January 30, triggered flooding and landslides in the Davao region on Wednesday, January 31. A BRIDGE was damaged in Barangay San Roque, New Bataan, Davao de Oro due to rampaging flood caused by heavy rain. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Marica Zamora...
Aside from meteorological factors, the country's weather bureau cited other causes of flooding, which include rapid urbanization and development. (PAGASA) During the "MAGHANDA: Communicating Hazards, Risks, and Early Warning for Policymakers" event on Tuesday, Jan. 23, the Philippine Atmospheric,...
