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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 25, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 12:11 AM

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

Floodwaters paralyze parts of Jakarta

Fakhri Hermansyah, Antara Foto via Reuters
Updated as of Feb 25 05:20 PM

Trucks are seen partially submerged along the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road in Bekasi, near Jakarta, Indonesia on Tuesday. Read more »

Flash floods kill 9 in Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 03:48 PM

Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 9 people and forced thousands into temporary shelters on Indonesia's Sumatra island, the local disaster agency said Thursday. Read more »

Floods, road closures in Australia as storms lash some bushfire-hit regions

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 02:28 PM

Parts of Australia's east coast were hit by severe storms on Saturday, dousing some of the bushfires that have devastated the region for months but causing road closures and flash flooding. Read more »

Indonesia braces for more rain as flood death toll hits 66

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 06 09:36 PM

Indonesians were told on Monday to brace for more heavy downpours after record rains triggered flooding and landslides that authorities said had killed at least 66 people in and around Jakarta. Read more »

Thousands in shelters, as Indonesia flood death toll hits 53

Ganis Bungsu and Haeril Halim, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 06:39 PM

Around Jakarta, more than 170,000 people took refuge in shelters across the massive urban conglomeration after whole neighborhoods were submerged.   Read more »

9 dead after Indonesian capital hit by New Year flooding

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 01 08:49 PM

A 16-year-old was electrocuted by a power line, while 3 more people died of hypothermia. Read more »

Isla sa Masbate dama pa rin ang epekto ng 'Tisoy'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 25 08:48 PM

Sa Isla Mababoy sa Masbate, bakas pa rin sa mga residente ang hagupit ng nagdaang bagyong Tisoy.  Read more »

'Evacuate,' disaster chief urges residents on Christmas storm's path

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 10:22 AM

Residents in flood and landslide-prone areas that are in the path of severe tropical storm Usman should flee to safer ground before it mauls the central Philippines on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, the head of the disaster agency said.  Read more »

2 dead, thousands of homes without power as storms hit France

Alexandra Lesieur, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 07:58 AM

PEYREHORADE, France - Two pensioners have been killed and tens of thousands of homes left without electricity as gale force winds and flooding hit southwestern France. Read more »

Floods force 66,000 from homes in Cagayan, other parts of Luzon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 06 09:11 PM

The north of the country has had heavy rains for nearly a month as part of the monsoon season, which was worsened by at least three typhoons that have passed the Philippines since November. Read more »

Massive flash floods hit Cagayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 08:06 PM

Several parts of the province of Cagayan are reeling from flashfloods. Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba says no casualties have been reported so far.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 5, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 01:43 AM

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

At least 265 dead in floods, landslides as rains batter East Africa

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 11:46 PM

With a tropical storm headed for Somalia and more rain forecast across the region in the coming weeks, fears are rising over waterborne diseases and the prospect of hunger as crops are destroyed. Read more »

Typhoon Tisoy's onslaught

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 11:31 PM

Typhoon Tisoy hammered the Philippines with up to 275kph gusts as it touched ground in Sorsogon late Monday night. Read more »

Freak waves flood homes in Marshall Islands

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 01:02 PM

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - More than 200 people have been forced to flee their homes, after they were inundated by freak waves in the Marshall Islands capital Majuro.   Read more »

Ilang tent ng mga bakwit sa Cotabato, binaha matapos ang malakas na ulan

Claire Cornelio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 08:35 PM

Ipinatong na lang ng mga bakwit ang kanilang mga gamit sa mesa upang hindi na mabasa kung sakaling lalakas muli ang ulan. Read more »

Santa Ana, Cagayan todo-handa para sa bagyong Ramon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 08:21 PM

Aktibo ang mga opisyal ng barangay sa Santa, Cagayan sa pagbibigay ng babala kaugnay ng bagyong Ramon. Read more »

Defiant Venetians vow to stay despite flood devastation

Emily G. Roe and Gabriele Pileri, Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 06:49 AM

ROME, Italy—Venetians on Thursday were adamant, despite millions of euros of damage from days of flooding, that they are determined to remain in their lagoon city no matter what. Read more »

3 women drown rescuing dogs in Slovakia floods

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 06:47 AM

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—Three women drowned in a flash flood as they tried to rescue dogs from an inundated animal shelter in central Slovakia, the prime minister said Thursday. Read more »