Situation Overview The restive Mount Bulusan had been under alert level 0 (normal) for more than eight months until its explosion yesterday, June 5 at around 10:30 am in the morning. Several portions of Sorsogon Province were covered in ash after Bulusan’s phreatic or steam-driven eruption with steam-rich gray plumes rising about a kilometer and...
Author: Citizens' Disaster Response Center
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Tropical Storm Agaton (I.N. Megi) Situation Report #2 April 18, 2022 11:00 am
Situation Overview Tropical Storm Agaton (international name: Megi) is the first tropical cyclone that hit the country this year. Agaton is only a weak tropical depression but is considered a deadly typhoon because of the destruction it caused. Tropical Cyclone Agaton made two landfalls. It made its first landfall in Calicoan Island, Eastern Samar, at...
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CDRC 2020 Annual Report
The Citizens’ Disaster Response Center Foundation, Inc. has just concluded the third year of its Five-Year Strategic Plan (2018-2022). This narrative report covers the period January-December 2020, and shows the activities carried out as designed in its Five-Year Strategic Plan and the proposed 2020 Core Program. This report looks into the organization’s efforts to complete...
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Resilience through Art
Have you ever wondered how art could save lives? In today’s chaotic world, how can paper, colored pencils, and tiny hands save millions and spread hope? The question perhaps has something do to with how artworks can save you from impending disasters. At a time when various upheavals are being experienced, the tragedies brought by...