LEGAZPI CITY, Albay — Heavy rains brought by the shear line and Tropical Depression Wilma triggered flash floods in parts of Albay and Camarines Sur on Saturday, December 6, affecting thousands of residents and stranding hundreds of…
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s disaster agency reported on Sunday, November 30, that the death toll from cyclone-triggered floods and landslides reached 334, with many people still missing. Cyclone Ditwah brought to the island its worst natural disaster…
TUGUEGARAO CITY — On Saturday, November 29, at least 131 residents were evacuated in the towns of Penablanca, Baguey, and Ballesteros in Cagayan Province due to recurring landslides and floods triggered by heavy rainfall spawned by the shear…
ILOILO CITY — More than 6,000 schools across the Philippines are under heightened alert for possible flooding and rain-induced landslides as a low-pressure area (LPA), shearline, and the northeast monsoon continue to bring widespread rains, the Department…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The catastrophic floodings in Metro Cebu, triggered by Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi), could have been prevented if the master drainage plan had been established. To prevent similar tragedies from happening in the…
MANDAUE CITY— Thousands of residents were evacuated in Mandaue City after the Butuanon River overflowed early Tuesday morning, Nov. 4, following hours of continuous rain and high tide. According to Mandaue City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — One small scratch was all it took to remind Belinda Amisola how dangerous Cebu’s floods can be. The 55-year-old vendor from Parian brushed off the graze she got while wading through murky waters…
BUNER, Pakistan — Rescuers in northwest Pakistan pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by landslides and flash floods, raising the death toll from rain-related incidents to at least 220, officials said Saturday. Pakistan has received…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 24-year-old man drowned while trying to save a taxi from being swept away by raging floodwaters on Friday night, August 15, in Mandaue City as heavy rains swept across Metro Cebu causing…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu has the second-highest number of flood-control projects in the country, but the province continues to reel from waist-deep floods after even brief downpours. This prompted disaster officials to press for a comprehensive…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Torrential rains pounded Metro Cebu on Friday night, August 15. They caused severe floods that submerged roads from knee- to neck-deep, stranded motorists, paralyzed traffic across cities, and forced families out of their…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — An hour-long downpour on Tuesday, August 18, triggered widespread flooding across Metro Cebu, leaving dozens stranded, roads impassable, and causing traffic gridlocks that lasted for several hours. In Lapu-Lapu City, Mayor Cindi King-Chan…
