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'Insurance gap' threatens disaster-vulnerable poor nations - Lloyd's

Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 23 06:40 AM

Disaster-prone developing nations, including Bangladesh and Indonesia, are exposed to crippling losses when storms, floods or earthquakes strike because they suffer from a dangerous lack of insurance, industry experts said on Monday.   Read more »

Rescue drill in Manila

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 07:57 PM

Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Special Rescue Unit (SRU) hone their skills in search, rescue and retrieval operations as they participate in a simultaneous Metro Manila Shake drill on Thursday.  Read more »

'This is a drill'

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 03:53 PM

The Metro Manila Development Authority made simultaneous emergency alerts for the 'shake' drill to allow a near real-life simulation of the earthquake scenario.  Read more »

Major quake hits Hawaii, prompts further volcano eruptions

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 05 05:52 PM

A magnitude 6.9 tremor shook Hawaii's Big Island on Friday, prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas. Read more »

NASA's newest Mars lander to study quakes on Red Planet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 11:42 AM

TAMPA - NASA is poised to launch its first lander to Mars since 2012, an unmanned spacecraft called InSight that aims to listen for quakes and unravel the mystery of how rocky planets like Earth form. Read more »

Mountaineers, divers warned vs exploring Batangas due to quakes

Arnell Ozaeta, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 06:34 PM

Officials of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) warned mountaineers from trekking the Mount Maculot in Cuenca, Batangas following a land slide in the area after the Saturday earthquake. Read more »

3 mild tremors recorded in Baguio City

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 05:10 PM

Three mild earthquakes hit Baguio City Wednesday, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Read more »

Quake-prone Pacific nations hold joint tsunami drills

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 05:22 PM

Civil defense offices will rehearse the relaying of tsunami warnings for large quakes off the coasts of Chile and Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. Read more »

LOOK: Scenes of devastation in Surigao in aftermath of earthquake

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 05:43 PM

Surigao del Norte officials declared a state of calamity after a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit the province on Friday evening, severely damaging buildings, roads, and the normal day-to-day lives of thousands of residents. Read more »