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How volcanic explosion sent tsunami waves to Tonga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 12:36 PM

How did a volcanic explosion in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday send tsunami waves to Tonga, Japan, and even as far away as the United States? Read more »

Volcano triggers Tonga tsunami, alerts from Japan to US

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 16 04:30 AM

An underwater volcano in the South Pacific erupted Saturday with a stunning blast, sending tsunami waves onto nearby Tonga and to the north in Japan, with warnings of dangerous ocean surges issued as far away as the US West Coast. Read more »

Lensman makes composite photo of ruined Siargao tower

Hernel Tocmo
Posted at Jan 14 08:54 PM

Argentinian photographer Matias Olivieri paid tribute to an iconic place in typhoon-hit Siargao islands through a composite photo. Read more »

Natural disasters in 2021 highlight huge insurance gap

Yujie Xue, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 11 06:28 AM

Natural disasters cost the Asia-Pacific $50 billion last year, of which just $9 billion was covered by insurance, says Munich Re. Read more »

Prices of nails, plywood soar in Odette-hit Bohol

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 09:57 AM

Bohol Gov. Arthur Yap is urging the national government to send much needed construction supplies to the typhoon-hit province after a supply shortage caused prices of nails and plywood to go up. Read more »

NGCP's challenge: Fix 818 poles toppled by typhoon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 10:35 AM

NGCP spokesperson Cynthia Alabanza said typhoon Odette destroyed a total of 818 poles. Read more »

40 pct of Negros Oriental still without power

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 09:36 AM

All roads are passable but at least 40 percent of Negros Oriental remains without power after Super Typhoon Odette knocked down power lines, the provincial information officer said Monday. Read more »

Weather disasters cost $20B more than last year: NGO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 08:43 AM

The ten most expensive weather disasters this year caused more than $170 billion (150 billion euros) in damage, $20 billion more than in 2020, a British aid group said Monday. Read more »

'It's no more': Odette wipes out Philippine surfing paradise

Ferdinandh Cabrera, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 22 08:30 PM

Resort and bar owners on a Philippine island popular with surfers and tourists were expecting a bumper Christmas holiday after Covid-19 restrictions finally eased. Then Super Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) wiped them out. Read more »

'I'm ok': Odette survivors write letters to loved ones

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 09:16 AM

With no mobile signal or internet to contact loved ones, typhoon survivors stranded on a devastated Philippine island have written letters to reassure worried relatives they are alive. Read more »

Philippine women switch on solar to light their way in a storm

Geela Garcia, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Dec 14 12:10 PM

When Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded, smashed into the central Philippines in 2013, the town of Marabut in Eastern Visayas region suffered zero casualties. Read more »

In a violent instant, deadly tornado destroys Kentucky candle factory with workers inside

South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 13 06:53 AM

On Friday night, the candle-making plant where workers had celebrated two weeks earlier lay in ruins, flattened by a devastating tornado during a late shift as more than 100 employees toiled inside. Read more »

Edgar Go cleared in MV Princess of the Stars sinking

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 05:51 PM

The Manila Regional Trial Court has cleared Sulpicio Lines owner Edgar Go of any liability over the 2008 sinking of the M/V Princess of the Stars. Read more »

Magnitude 4.9 quake rocks Davao Occidental

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 12:24 AM

MANILA - A magnitude 4.9 quake rocked Davao Occidental on Sunday night, Phivolcs said. Read more »

No survivors of Turkey plane crash as floods kill 55

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 15 09:02 AM

Turkey battled two disasters on Saturday with 8 people dying when a fire-fighting aircraft crashed and rescuers racing to find flash flood survivors. Read more »

Putin alarmed over natural disasters in Russia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 10:51 PM

Putin on Saturday said the scale of natural disasters that have hit Russia this year has been "absolutely unprecedented". Read more »

Not just COVID: Earthquakes, typhoons pose threat at Tokyo Olympics

Shingo Ito, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 06:44 PM

The coronavirus might top the risks at the Tokyo Olympics, but organizers in Japan have other deadly, unpredictable threats to contend with: natural disasters.   Read more »

Japan mourns lost souls 10 yrs after quake-tsunami, Fukushima crisis

Donican Lam, Kyodo News
Updated as of Mar 11 05:55 PM

Tears, prayers and a resolve to pass on lessons learned swept Japan Thursday as the country marked 10 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated its northeastern coast, with services to mourn the more than 15,000 lives lost held in the hardest-hit areas and Tokyo. Read more »

Japan quake brings back memories of deadly 2011 tsunami

Sakura Murakami and Issei Kato, Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 02:08 PM

The 7.3 magnitude quake struck shortly before midnight Saturday and cracked walls, shattered windows and set off a landslide in Fukushima, the area closest to the epicenter. More than 100 people were injured. Read more »

2020 ties with 2016 as world's hottest year on record, EU climate change service says

Kate Abnett and Matthew Green, Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 03:35 PM

Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest year on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday. Read more »