Refugees arrive in Cebu to flee misery in typhoon-hit Tacloban City

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/12/2013

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…

Taclobanons desperate to go home

Doris C. Bongcac, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/12/2013

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…

Students power relief efforts

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/12/2013

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…

Davide: Cebu to remain under ‘state of calamity’

Jhunnex Napallacan 11/10/2013

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…

Philippine typhoon death toll could reach 10,000

11/10/2013

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…

North Cebu towns in shambles; bodies strewn in Tacloban city

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Doris C. Bongcac, Jeanette Malinao, Jhunnex Napallacan 11/10/2013

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.…

‘Tacloban in bad shape; bodies lie on the street’

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/10/2013

“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…

5 hours of ‘Yolanda’ pounding Daanbantayan town

Peter L. Romanillos 11/09/2013

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 suspended in 13 northern Cebu towns

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/09/2013

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,…

Coast Guard: Vessels to secure anchorage

Bencyrus Ellorin, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/07/2013

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…

Thunderstorm also causes tornado-like winds, Pagasa says

Marian Z. Codilla 11/05/2013

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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