Filipino and Japanese experts have mapped out strategic plans on how the Philippines could appropriately deal with the threat and enhance its resiliency against the world-wide effects of climate change, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Monday, Dec. 5. The DPWH, through its...
The three pumping stations built by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have dramatically reduced the flooding in the low-lying areas of Bocaue and Marilao towns in Bulacan to manageable levels. DPWH Bulacan First Engineering chief Henry Alcantara said the first pumping station worth...
After torrential rains caused severe flooding throughout the Davao Region, House Speaker Martin Romualdez and his fellow congressmen initiated a relief drive for the affected residents of Malalag town, Davao Del Sur in Mindanao. Officials of Speaker Martin Romualdez and Tingog Party-list’s...
A House leader has highlighted the annual economic losses that the Philippines suffer from natural calamities, even as she called on government and stakeholders to immediately address the issue of climate change. (Unsplash) San Jose Del Monte City lone district Rep. Florida "Rida" Robes said in a...
• Mangrove, giant bamboo and bitaog trees play an important role in recuding flooding. • Wind and swell waves lose energy and height when they pass through mangrove forests because the aerial tangled roots and branches act as physical barriers • The roots of a giant bamboo absorb excess water...
TUGUEGARAO CITY – As part of its social responsibility, the SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown (SMTD) on Sunday offered free overnight parking in the face of severe flooding caused by Typhoon Paeng’s rains. Free parking overnight (Photo via Liezle Inigo) The SM mall has been offering free overnight...
Gutter-deep floods triggered by non-stop rains brought by severe tropical storm "Paeng" hit low-lying areas in Manila on Saturday, Oct. 29. Pedestrians and motorists wade through gutter-deep flood along Taft Ave and General Luna St. on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2022, due to sever tropical storm...
In less than 24 hours, severe tropical storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) already made landfall four times. This, however, will not be the last as the weather disturbance is about to hit the country’s landmass anew according to the state weather bureau. “On the forecast track, the center...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered his Cabinet members, particularly Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato Solidum Jr., to look into how the government could have do better in terms of issuing warnings against flooding and preemptively evacuating people from...
DAVAO CITY – The agricultural town of Pigcawayan, Cotabato has experienced the worst flooding in recent history, with 28 out of 40 barangays inundated, Mayor Juanito Agustin disclosed. RESIDENTS wade through a flooded road in Pigcawayan, Cotabato on Friday, Oct. 28. Pigcawayan has experienced the...
Cyclone Paeng (international name: Nalgae) is now a severe tropical storm, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on early Saturday morning, Oct. 29. Severe tropical storm Paeng was last spotted over the coastal waters of Virac, Catanduanes,...
Tropical storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) may generate storm surges in selected Philippine coastal areas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned. Storm surge, locally known as daluyong ng bagyo, is defined as the “abnormal rise in...
