Tropical Depression Pepeng makes third landfall in northern Philippines

Tropical depression Pepeng (Parma) made a third landfall in northern Philippines Thursday, causing  widespread flooding and landslides.  Last weekend, Pepeng made landfall over Cagayan, then three days later, over Ilocos Norte. The number of affected families by Pepeng has increased to 234,232 or 1,053,325 persons in Regions I, II, III, IV-A, V, VI, NCR and CAR. Of this number, 9,302...

Over 4 M people affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy

The number of affected by Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana), has already reached more than 4 million people or 829,498 families, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said. The estimated cost of damage to infrastructure and agriculture caused by the Philippines’ worst flooding in four decades has also increased to 9.7 B. Ondoy battered Metro Manila and parts of Luzon after it...