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Japan gov't, Fukushima operator told to pay over nuclear disaster

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 01:25 PM

A Japanese court Wednesday awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.  Read more »

Japan's economy grew 0.3 pct in fourth quarter of 2018

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 09:00 AM

Gross domestic product for the last quarter of 2018 expanded 0.3 percent from the previous quarter, Cabinet Office data showed, after a 0.7 percent contraction in the quarter before.  Read more »

The ABCs of disaster preparedness

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 08:49 PM

Kindergarten and elementary school children from San Vicente Elementary School in Diliman, Quezon City, on Wednesday, evacuate to safer grounds as they participate in regular earthquake drills aimed at keeping kids disaster-prepared.  Read more »

Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 134 dead, 199 missing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 03:46 AM

The toll from a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil has risen to 134 deaths after more than a week of searches, and 199 missing, authorities said Monday. Read more »

The Day in Photos: 29 January 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 10:29 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Brazil mine disaster

Adriano Machado, Reuters
Posted at Jan 29 04:06 PM

At least 60 people were killed with more than 300 still missing in one of Brzil's worst environmental disasters. Read more »

Mga residente malapit sa ilog sa Davao, inilikas dahil sa pagtaas ng tubig

Clarabelle Cornelio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 27 10:03 AM

Sabado pa lang ng gabi umabot na sa critical level ang Davao river kaya't nagpatupad agad ng puwersahang paglikas sa mga residente dito. Read more »

Mga magsasaka sa Pampanga sumusugal sa pakwan dahil sa tagtuyot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 10:06 PM

Isa sa alternatibong nakikita ng mga magsasaka ay ang pansamantalang pagtatanim ng pakwan dahil kaunti lang ang kailangan nitong tubig. Read more »

No foreign trips for local gov't officials during storms- DILG

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 04:56 PM

The directive aims to ensure that mayors and other officials will no longer be "missing in action" in times of calamities. Read more »

5 mayors absent during typhoon onslaught risk admin raps

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 03:00 PM

Five mayors in northern Luzon may face administrative sanctions for their absence during the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong late last year, the interior department said Tuesday. Read more »

Disaster response: Silver lining and a grim remembering

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jan 12 12:21 PM

Calbayog folks, in diaspora around the globe, and more so, those back home, ought to take pride in the spontaneous display of caring, sharing, optimism and positivity in the Usman relief effectively launched at home. Exemplary voluntarism in effective display. Read more »

Global natural disasters wrought $160B damage in 2018: Munich Re

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 10:52 PM

Natural disasters including wildfires, hurricanes and tsunamis inflicted $160 billion of damage and claimed 10,400 lives in 2018, German reinsurer Munich Re said Tuesday. Read more »

After Usman onslaught, LGUs reminded to use geohazard maps

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 04:31 PM

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Monday urged local governments to make use of geohazard maps in preparation for storms. Read more »

Usman farm damage reaches P957.6 million: agri dept

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 01:54 PM

Rice crops were hit the hardest with 88 percent in total damage, Department of Agriculture said in a statement. Read more »

Real-time rainfall data a challenge as Usman death toll rises

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 12:11 PM

MANILA - Communication from the national to local level remains a challenge in preparing for calamities, a disaster official said Monday as the death toll from tropical depression Usman reached 126. Read more »

Usman leaves P4.2-B in agriculture, infra damage

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 10:57 AM

MANILA - Tropical Depression Usman left at least P4.2 billion worth of total damage in agriculture and infrastructure, disaster officials said Monday in the aftermath of the storm. Read more »

16 natabunan ng landslide sa Sagñay, Camarines Sur patuloy na pinaghahanap

Rizza Mostar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 04:10 PM

Patuloy ang paghahanap ng mga awtoridad sa 16 pang natitirang natabunan ng gumuhong lupa sa Sagñay, Camarines Sur noong nanalasa ang bagyong Usman ilang araw bago mag-bagong taon.   Read more »

Search and rescue continues in CamSur town

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 07:09 PM

Soldiers, police, firefighters, rescue teams and other volunteers go down a ledge at landslide-hit Sitio Garang in Barangay Patitinan, Sagñay, Camarines Sur to bring water, meals, clothes to people in the isolated area. Read more »

Death toll from Usman landslides, floods climbs to 85

Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 10:26 PM

MANILA - The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said on Wednesday, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off communities. Read more »

VP Leni visits landslide-hit area in Camarines Sur

OVP/Handout
Posted at Jan 02 06:43 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo visits Sitio Igot in Barangay Patitinan, Sagñay, Camarines Sur on Wednesday to check the extent of damage after a landslide hit the area last December 29, 2018. Read more »