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Florence lumbers inland, leaving five dead, communities flooded

Ernest Scheyder, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 15 10:32 PM

Tropical storm Florence lumbered inland on Saturday, knocking down trees, flooding rivers, and dumping sheets of rain in the Carolinas where five people have died. Read more »

Much of Carolinas awash after Hurricane Florence moves in

Ernest Scheyder, Reuters
Posted at Sep 15 12:30 AM

About 10 million people could be affected by the storm and more than 1 million were ordered to evacuate the coasts of the Carolinas and Virginia. Read more »

Hurricane Florence makes landfall, set to deluge Carolinas

Ernest Scheyder, Reuters
Posted at Sep 14 09:09 PM

North Carolina's governor, Roy Cooper, said Florence was set to cover almost all of the state in several feet of water. Read more »

'Quiet, sunny before the storm': Ilocos Norte braces for Ompong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 09:56 AM

Residents of Ilocos Norte experienced quiet, sunny weather Friday morning ahead of the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong, the strongest of 15 storms to hit the Philippines this year. Read more »

Powerful quake rocks Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 06 03:22 AM

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 rocked Hokkaido, northern Japan, early Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Read more »

Storm Gordon starts kicking up waves on US Gulf Coast

Reuters
Posted at Sep 04 09:45 PM

The storm also caused a jump in global oil prices after the evacuation of two oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more »

'Not as bad as Ondoy': Cainta mayor says flood mitigation measures working

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 07:13 PM

Authorities have evacuated at least a thousand families in Cainta due to rising floods brought on by the southwest monsoon, Cainta Mayor Kit Nieto said Sunday morning.  Read more »

After Indonesian earthquake terror, hundreds trek down from volcano

Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Fergus Jensen, Reuters
Posted at Jul 30 06:47 PM

JAKARTA - Nearly 700 trekkers headed down Mount Rinjani on Indonesia's tourist island of Lombok on Monday, a day after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.4 terrified the climbers as boulders tumbled down the slopes of the volcano. Read more »

Inday intensifies; rains to persist till Saturday - PAGASA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 12:09 PM

Expect a rainy weekend as the southwest monsoon continues to be affected by tropical storm Inday, state weather bureau PAGASA said Thursday.  Read more »

Orange rainfall warning up in Metro Manila, 3 other areas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 17 10:25 AM

State weather bureau PAGASA hoisted Tuesday morning an orange warning alert in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Bataan and Batangas due to possible floods in the next two hours.  Read more »

'Kids must also be involved in disaster risk reduction'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 05:53 PM

Children are the most vulnerable during disasters, which is why they must also be involved in disaster risk reduction (DDR) initiatives, say DDR stakeholders.  Read more »

Jimeno eyes separate resiliency offices for man-made, natural disasters

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 10:46 AM

MANILA - There should be a "very strong department" that will handle disaster resiliency and risk management for natural phenomena, a Palace undersecretary said Tuesday. Read more »

Can Philippine storm survivors hold companies to account for climate damage?

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Mar 22 10:40 AM

MANILA - Veronica Cabe still remembers every minute of the more than 12 hours she and her family spent huddled on the roof of their two-storey home in Manila in 2009, as floodwaters swept past, carrying dead bodies, animal carcasses and coffins. Read more »

Iligan gov't to shut housing units sold by Sendong survivors

Roxanne R. Arevalo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 02:53 PM

The local government unit has set a date for the closure of housing units in Bayanihan Village in Barangay Santa Elena that were occupied by non-Sendong survivors. Read more »

'Basyang' enters PAR, could hit Caraga Tuesday morning: PAGASA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 04:36 PM

(UPDATED) Tropical Storm Basyang (international name: Sanba) has entered the Philippine area of responsibility and could make landfall in the Caraga area by Tuesday morning, the state weather bureau said.  Read more »

Mayon volcano eruption sparks Philippine tourism boom

Ayee Macaraig, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 12:23 PM

LEGAZPI - With chili-flavored "lava ice cream" in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon volcano is sparking a local business boom in an impoverished region of the Philippines where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives. Read more »

Duterte visits Albay amid Mayon emergency

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 06:02 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday visited Legazpi City, Albay amid the restive state of Mayon Volcano, vowing to prioritize the food and sanitation needs of thousands displaced by the volcano’s eruption. Read more »

Fearless Philippine farmers defy volcano anger

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 03:37 PM

GUINOBATAN, Philippines - As blistering lava spews from the seething volcano nearby, Philippine farmer Jay Balindang leads his buffalo through the ash-strewn paddy fields of the no-go zone, creeping closer to danger in a desperate bid to support his family. Read more »

Eight dead as huge storms batter Europe

Hui Min Neo with Jo Biddle in The Hague, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 03:44 AM

Violent gales battered northern Europe and beyond Thursday, snapping air and train links and leaving eight people -- including two firefighters -- dead. Read more »

2017 the costliest year in US history for natural disasters

Kerry Sheridan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 03:00 AM

A barrage of fires, freezes, floods and hurricanes cost Americans $306 billion. Read more »