Two more fatalities were recorded due to the combined effects of Tropical Cyclones “Maymay” and “Luis,” and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat), raising the death toll to six, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported on Saturday, Aug. 8. The OCD said the two new deaths were logged in...
More than 132,000 people have been affected by the combined effects of Tropical Cyclones “Maymay” and “Luis,” and enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) across six regions, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Friday, Aug. 7. The latest OCD data as of 6 a.m. showed 39,879 families or...
The combined impact of tropical cyclones “Luis” and “Maymay,” as well as the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) have affected more than 41,000 individuals while around 5,800 persons were displaced as heavy rains continued to disrupt communities in six regions, the Office of Civil Defense...
More than 7,700 families have been affected while nearly 4,000 people have been displaced by the combined effects of the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) and the remnants of Tropical Depression Luis, according to initial data released Tuesday, Aug. 4, by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). OCD...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-6 urged local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas to allocate budget to train Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) teams that will respond to collapse-building scenarios. OCD-6 Regional Director Raul Fernandez said LGUs must also allocate...
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Inday and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) climbed to 26 as more than one million people were affected across the country and relief work continues, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported on Wednesday, July 15. The latest report of the OCD as of 6...
The death toll from the combined effects of Typhoon “Inday” and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) rose to 18 on Sunday, July 12, as more than 562,000 people across the country have been affected while hundreds of travelers remained stranded in ports due to rough seas. The Office of Civil...
Typhoon “Inday” has officially exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday morning, July 11, but the nation remains under siege as the storm continues to enhance habagat or southwest monsoon, bringing relentless rains that have claimed at least 17 lives and displaced...
Ten people died after a landslide buried a house occupied by two families in Malapatan, Sarangani on Friday, July 10, as heavy rains triggered by Super Typhoon Inday and the enhanced southwest monsoon saturated the soil, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said. Rodrigo Sosmeña, director of the OCD...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) urged Filipinos to sustain disaster preparedness beyond annual campaigns as it opened the observance of National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) on Wednesday, July 1, in Pasay City. OCD Administrator Undersecretary Harold Cabreros said resilience requires...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is now on alert after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off Balut Island in Sarangani, Davao Occidental even as authorities have yet to receive reports of significant damage to infrastructure and power facilities. OCD Region 12 Regional Director Rodrigo Sosmeña...
A hazardous geological phenomenon known as “artificial river damming” now threatens downstream communities in Mindanao after a massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Maasim, Sarangani last week destabilized mountain slopes, triggering massive landslides that have choked local river channels. This...
