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When two Philippine Air Force C-130s arrived at the typhoon-wrecked Daniel Romualdez airport in Tacloban City just after dawn yesterday, more than 3,000 people who had camped out hoping to escape the devastation surged onto the tarmac…
The days of agonizing over the fate of her family spurred 32-year-old call center agent Anjuli Lorraine Pido to ask Cebu City Hall’s help for him to go home to Tacloban City. “I haven’t heard from my…
More than 100 students from all over Cebu City converged at the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu Arts and Sciences building lobby yesterday to help pack relief goods intended for typhoon victims. Students of the University…
CEBU will remain under a “state of calamity.” Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said this after visiting the northern towns of the province which were the hardest hit by supertyphoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan). Parts of Cebu…
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — The death toll from one of the strongest storms on record that ravaged the central Philippine city of Tacloban could reach 10,000 people, officials said Sunday after the extent of massive devastation became…
A grim picture of hunger and extreme storm damage emerged yesterday in north Cebu where seven towns were still virtually isolated with no electric power or clear phone signals. Access was hampered by roads strewn with debris.…
“Masamang-masama (terrible),” Interior and Local Governments Secretary Mar Roxas told President Aquino by phone yesterday. Roxas described conditions in Tacloban City, said to be the hardest hit by supertyphoon Yolanda. He said corpses could be seen on…
DAANBANTAYAN – For five hours, wind and rain pounded this northern town 120 kilometers from Cebu City, leaving residents, who are used to strong storms, in disbelief. Gusts toppled century-old acacia trees in the plaza and houses,…
Classes in all levels in 13 towns in northern Cebu that bore the full brunt of supertyphoon Yolanda’s fury will be suspended from Nov. 11 to 15. Among the towns hardest hit were: Sogod, Borbon, Tabogon, Medellin,…
Remember Ruping. This was the message of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to all shipowners, vessel and boat masters as they told them to make sure that their vessels are anchored securely by the time supertyphoon Yolanda…
A thunderstorm doesn’t only cause rains but also bring tornado-like winds and even hailstones, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said. Pagasa weather specialist and meteorologist Alfredo Quiblat this explains the presence of strong,…
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