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Super Typhoon Man-Yi, known locally as Pepito, made landfall on Saturday night, November 16, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 195 km/h (121 mph) along the coast of eastern Catanduanes Island.
Bicol, home to the majestic Mount Mayon, is among the country’s most disaster-prone regions. It is regularly battered by storms and other calamities that test the resilience of its people year after ...
SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian reassured families and individuals affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in the Bicol Region that the ...
Nearly 340,000 locals have been evacuated in the central Bicol region as the strong typhoon lashed across the area, blowing off the roofs of homes, smashing windows and knocking down trees and ...
The Office of Civil Defense in Bicol has advised the local disaster councils to prepare and activate their operation centers as Typhoon “Mangkhut” (local name “Ompong”) further intensified ...
Sunday morning update: Surigae weakens some while sweeping past Philippines After making history as the strongest tropical cyclone (typhoon or hurricane) on record during April in the Northern ...
Super Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi), classified as a Violent Typhoon, continues to barrel toward the Bicol Region packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of 230 kph, ...
At least 10 people died and three others were missing after Typhoon Goni, ... Representative Zaldy Co of the Ako Bicol party list said more than 300 houses were buried under volcanic debris.
At least 50 percent of the houses in this town of 50,000 were wrecked by Typhoon “Nina” (international name: Nock-ten) in what Mayor Jaime Villanueva described as the strongest to strike the ...
Bicol, you have been warned.The German Development Cooperation's (GIZ) chief advisor on disaster risk management Olaf Neussner said that the next time a super typhoon as strong as Yolanda reaches the ...
A super typhoon ripped through Philippines’ largest island on Sunday, ... Ahead of Man-yi’s arrival, more than 500,000 people evacuated in Luzon’s Bicol region, ...