The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges to Filipinos in the past year, affecting communities in a multitude of ways: from the immediate health and economic impacts to changes in the people’s ways of living and working. The pandemic has complicated resilience-building. The situation in the country remains uncertain, with the spread of variants and the consequent lockdown measures being...
Gone in an instant: The Kantagnos tragedy
Every time it rains one after another, residents of Brgy. Kantagnos are always worried about the possible flooding in their village. Residents always remain vigilant during these times and promptly go to higher ground for their safety. Little did they know, another tragedy was about to happen. They don’t have it in mind that the mountain in their place would...
Mount Bulusan Eruption Situation Report #1 June 06, 2022 11:00 am
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 dispersed wet ash to the...
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 7:30 am on April 10,...