Tropical Storm Pepeng hits Luzon twice in 3 days

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. Pepeng remained stationary off South...

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, Bulacan, Pampanga, Batangas, Laguna and...