A food relief caravan scheduled to leave on October 19 is still at a standstill. Philippine president Arroyo has expressed frustration over the inability to send those supplies to those in need.
The Inquirer.net reports, “The government was set to embark on a relief caravan for the thousands of calamity victims in Regions 1, 2 [...]
The latest forcast has Typhoon “Ramil” (Lupit – international name) will make landfall in the northern Philippines either Thursday night or early Friday. The storm has slowed on its west – southwest treck.
In an Inquirer.net story, “‘The conditions are favorable again but it could still gain strength before making a landfall. It is still [...]
Typhoon Lupit is gaining strength as begins its westward march toward the Philippines. Emergency supplies are being sent to northern Luzon.
Inquirer.net reports, “Packing peak winds of 175 km per hour gusting up to 210 kph, Ramil was “almost stationary” for a few hours Sunday before moving slowly west. It was expected to [...]
[Photo copyright Tomas Tam]– The Sun reports on preparations for the eighteenth typhoon to hit the Philippines this year.
“The Philippines placed emergency teams on alert Sunday and dispatched relief goods to areas that could be struck by a new typhoon, as the death toll in two previous storms reached 818.
The National Disaster Coordinating [...]
[The Philippine Star]– Health officials warned the public yesterday of an increase in cases of leptospirosis and other water-borne diseases in calamity areas that are still flooded after Luzon was ravaged by tropical storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng” in the past two weeks.
From Sept. 29 to Oct. 12, the Department of Health [...]
[channelnewsasia.com]– The death toll from two weeks of unprecedented storms across the northern Philippines soared past 540 on Friday after landslides consumed homes and neck-deep floods inundated towns.
At least 181 people were killed in a series of rain-triggered landslides overnight Thursday and on Friday in mountainous regions of the Philippines main [...]
[channelnewsasia.com]– Large parts of the northern Philippines were flooded and without power Sunday after Typhoon Parma killed at least 15 people, as authorities warned of another storm looming to the east.
Exactly one week after storm Ketsana dumped the heaviest rains in more than 40 years that devastated Manila, killing nearly 300 [...]
[philstar.com]– Tens of thousands of villagers fled the likely path of a powerful typhoon bearing down on the country Friday, as the government braced for the possibility of a second disaster just days after a storm killed more than 400.
Heavy rain drenched mountainous coastal regions in the northeast as typhoon “Pepeng” (international [...]
[Inquirer.net]– Say prayers, prepare and brace for the worst.
With a more powerful storm threatening the country, officials on Thursday issued this advice to the public as Metro Manila and neighboring areas continued to reel from the devastation wrought by Tropical Storm “Ondoy.”
The weather office said Typhoon “Pepeng” (international name: Parma) could develop [...]
At least 10 people were reported dead or missing and more than 1,800 were forced to evacuate as tropical storm Ketsana lashed the Philippines Saturday, officials and radio reports said.
The government declared Manila and 25 other provinces to be in a “state of calamity,” Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said, as heavy [...]
