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Tag: ondoy

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    Categories Earth Files News

    A decade after Ondoy, lessons are still being learned

    By Klaire Ting  |  Sep 25, 2019 11:26 PM

    Ten years to the day, the memories of that disaster are still vivid in many people’s minds.

    Disaster Preparedness, flood, ondoy, women

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    Floods, floods everywhere

    Aug 08, 2012 12:16 AM

    PLACED on red alert by weather and disaster officials since Monday night, Metro Manila turned into a “waterworld” on Tuesday as the southwest monsoon unleashed torrential rains nearly nonstop. A record rainfall of 10 to 30 mm per hour was recorded in the metropolis.

    floods, ondoy, rains

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    Metro Manila’s river network overflows

    Aug 07, 2012 11:23 AM

    A non-stop downpour in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces has caused Metro Manila’s river network to overflow, submerging communities like this one in Barangay Roxas in Quezon City.

    floods, ondoy, rains

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    A quest to reduce and manage disaster

    Oct 14, 2011 8:56 AM

    By ARTHA KIRA PAREDES

    ARISTON Dawang Jr does not take the strings of floods brought about by typhoons sitting down.

    disaster management, ondoy

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    Scientists warn of disappeared rivers, sinking land in Metro Manila

    Nov 24, 2009 1:44 PM

    THE disappearance of 21 kilometers of rivers in Metro Manila and the constriction of existing ones have contributed to the worst flooding ever seen in the area during storm “Ondoy,” scientists said on Monday. During a briefing on climate change held at the Rockwell Club, the scientists also said it is not only the informal […]

    ondoy

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    Hunger rises after ‘Ondoy,’ ‘Pepeng’

    Nov 23, 2009 10:20 AM

    HUNGER among Filipinos has risen nationwide, from 17.5 percent in September to 18.9 percent in October, after the onslaught of storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng,” according to a special survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations. The October figure represents about 3.5 million families, with the increase recorded mainly in Luzon outside Metro Manila, according […]

    ondoy, typhoon

  • Categories Video

    UP Student Council leads relief, reconstruction efforts at Diliman

    Oct 17, 2009 2:16 AM

    The University of the Philippines Student Council recently led relief efforts to aid some 600 families in the Diliman campus hit by Tropical Storm “Ondoy.”

    ondoy, typhoon

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    UN flash appeal for ‘Ondoy,’ ‘Pepeng’ victims yields $10M

    Oct 11, 2009 3:02 PM

    Japan donated Saturday $4.2 million for the victims of Tropical Storm “Ondoy” (Ketsana) and Typhoon “Pepeng” (Parma), the largest donation so far by a single country to the Philippines.

    ondoy, typhoon

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    The week after ‘Ondoy’

    Oct 03, 2009 2:06 PM

    When storm “Ondoy” (“Ketsana”) struck on Sept. 26, the morning after was a picture of a devastated capital, a people in anguish and a nation at its weakest.

    ondoy, typhoon

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    One-stop shop processing for foreign donations for ‘Ondoy’ victims

    Oct 02, 2009 11:17 AM

    By ELLEN TORDESILLASTHE Bureau of Customs sought Friday to allay public distrust arising from the directive of President Gloria Arroyo to course all foreign donations through the Department of Social Welfare and Development by setting up a multi-agency one-stop shop system at all its offices, including at the airports, to facilitate the release and delivery […]

    ondoy, typhoon

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