Order to evacuate high-risk areas ‘didn’t reach some barangays’

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Peter L. Romanillos 01/03/2015

Storm warnings were given a day before typhoon Seniang made landfall in Sibonga,  south Cebu on Dec. 30. The Capitol sent  advisories for pre-emptive evacuation on  Monday but the message didn’t trickle down to some high-risk communities.…

DPWH: Steel bridge for Sibonga up in one week

Doris C. Bongcac, Melissa Q. Cabahug 12/31/2014

With the concrete Dumlog bridge cut off, people traveling through Sibonga town in south Cebu have to take a detour. Bus passengers  get down and transfer to a habal-habal or motorcycle-for-hire that takes riders through a barangay…

Loss of 15 lives ‘most painful’

Peter L. Romanillos 12/31/2014

Damage brought about by typhoon “Seniang” in Cebu may reach P1 billion, most of it in agriculture, housing and public infrastructure. The collapsed bridge approach in Dumlog, Sibonga town will be replaced with a temporary steel frame…

Bridge cut off, 15 dead; ‘Worst flooding in 30 years’

Calvin D. Cordova 12/31/2014

At dawn, muddy water swept through Ronda town, south Cebu, killing at least 12 people in the worst flooding seen there in 30 years, triggered by torrential  rains of typhoon Seniang. “Nagsyagit ang mg bata…nangayo ug tabang……

7 towns, Toledo city hit; Calamity to be declared

Fe Marie Dumaboc, Melissa Q. Cabahug 12/31/2014

At least 5, 000 persons in south Cebu were evacuated when tropical storm Seniang struck early morning yesterday. Families were forcibly evacuated starting Monday night as flooding incidents were reported in towns of  Sibonga, Dalaguete, Alcantara, Ronda,…

New Year’s Day will be sunny

Bencyrus Ellorin 12/31/2014

The last day of 2014 will have cloudy skies, some sunshine and light showers. “But the heavy rains are gone,” said Oscar Tabada, director for the Visayas of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Agency (Pagasa).…

Ten dead, nine missing as ‘Seniang’ floods southern Cebu

Calvin D. Cordova, Marian Z. Codilla 12/30/2014

At least ten persons were found dead after being washed out by floodwaters while nine more are still missing in Ronda town, southern Cebu as of Tuesday in typhoon Seniang’s wake. A family of eight living in…

‘Seniang’ crosses south Cebu, Central Visayas

Bencyrus Ellorin, Carine M. Asutilla, Chito O. Aragon, Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Melissa Q. Cabahug, Rene Alima 12/30/2014

POWER OUTAGES, HEAVY RAIN   Power outages were reported in south Cebu towns of Oslob and Alcoy as typhoon Seniang made a second landfall in Bohol province about 10 p.m. last night. The storm’s 65-kilometer-per-hour winds  toppled…

Stranded Bohol family sleeps outside terminal

Melissa Q. Cabahug 12/30/2014

Alma Junasan, 42, slept outside again last night at Pier 1  in Cebu City, waiting for the storm to lift so her family can go home to Bohol. To make it more comfortable for her one-month-old daughter…

Pagasa raises flood, landslide warnings as Seniang crosses Central Visayas

Bencyrus Ellorin 12/29/2014

Seniang caused floods, destroying infrastructure in northeastern and northern Mindanao As tropical storm Seniang traversed the Bohol Sea yesterday afternoon, the state weather bureau raised the flood alert level in  Bohol, Southern Leyte and Leyte to red,…

Brownouts hit southern Cebu towns as ‘Seniang’ maintains strength

12/29/2014

Families living in coastal barangays of Sibonga and other southern towns in Cebu were moved to various evacuation sites as power interruption hit the southern towns of Cebu including Sibonga and Boljoon. Signal number 2 was hoisted…

Last storm of the year to affect south Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/29/2014

26 vessels grounded in Cebu port   Thousands of holiday travelers were stranded in  Cebu yesterday as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) suspended sea travel to areas in the Visayas and Mindanao placed  under public storm warning…

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