Tropical Storm Pepeng (Parma) made landfall Tuesday night over the northern part of Ilocos Norte, hitting Northern Luzon for the second time in three days, the Philippine weather bureau said. Pepeng, which made its first landfall over Cagayan last Saturday, only worsened the damage it caused to the region when it made its second landfall....
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Ondoy leaves P8.3 Billion worth of infra and agri losses
Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana), which caused the Philippines’ worst flooding in four decades, left Php8.3 Billion worth of damages to infrastructure (P2.7B) and agriculture (P5.5B), the National Disaster Coordinating Council said. Ondoy battered Metro Manila and parts of Luzon after it made landfall near the boundary of Aurora and Quezon last September 26. Metro Manila,...
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Typhoon Pepeng causes flooding and landslides in Northern Philippines
Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) caused widespread flooding and landslides Saturday that buried at least two families in the Northern Philippines, just barely a week after Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana) battered Metro Manila. At least 14 people died when Pepeng hit the main island of Luzon. The National Disaster Coordinating Council reported that 32,055 families or 152,775...
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Update: Families affected by Ondoy continue to rise
The number of families affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy (international name Ketsana) continued to increase. The National Disaster Coordinating Council reported that 629,466 families of 3 million people have already been affected. There are also 83,493 families or 419,333 persons still staying in 526 evacuation centers. Meantime, the total number of casualties has already increased...