FACT SHEET: Tropical cyclone alerts, in context
Thelma Cinco, PAGASA Climatology and Agrometeorology chief, said much of the damage from severe tropical storm Kristine was due to sustained heavy rainfall, rather than its wind strength.
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FACT CHECK: Circulating Japan tsunami video FROM 2011, NOT 2024
Clips of a tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 are being passed off as images of the impact of the magnitude 7.1 quake that jolted the country this August.
FACT CHECK: China flooding photos from 2016, NOT 2024
A Facebook page posted several photos supposedly showing the massive flooding in China this June. This is misleading and contains old photos from 2016.
SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: SOCIAL SERVICES
Marcos continues to improve the government’s social protection programs for Filipinos heavily affected by poverty, calamities and disasters. His proposed pieces of legislation on health response have not been enacted into law.
Waiting for another disaster in Ubay?
It needs strong political will from both the local and national leadership to first protect its people from natural and man-made disasters. The people should be spared from a bigger disaster, that is, politics.
Rising but remembering – Ormoc years after the deadly flood
Ormoc was once devastated by a powerful typhoon. The painful experience taught the city valuable lessons that can be used in rebuilding communities ravaged by Typhoon Ulysses.
PHOTOS: Students, teachers help in massive cleanup of classrooms in storm-hit Biliran
The damage, however, was too extensive in some areas.
VIDEO: Biliran after Urduja
Retrieval operations in some areas where landslides occurred are still ongoing as 14 people remain missing.
Evacuation centers, relief goods not PWD-inclusive
Some of the PWDs would rather stay with relatives or generous neighbors due to inaccessible shelters
On their own: PWD students care for themselves and others at earthquake drill
By ALLAN YVES BRIONES AND BRYAN EZRA GONZALES THOUSANDS of persons with disabilities (PWDs) participated in the recent annual earthquake simulation exercise, some of them showing they could take part in rescue operations and provide invaluable assistance to others in times of disaster. Among those who took part in the drill were four students of
