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Duterte extends term of task force leading Yolanda rehab efforts

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 11:17 AM

The term of the IATF-Yolanda, formed on Aug. 12, 2017, was extended until June 30, 2022 or unless earlier dissolved by the President. Its term was supposed to expire on Aug. 12 this year. Read more »

Japan prepares for Super typhoon Haishen

Charly Triballeau, AFP
Posted at Sep 06 03:43 PM

A man takes pictures along the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture in Japan on Sunday. Read more »

Super typhoon continues to track toward southwest Japan

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 06 10:56 AM

An extremely powerful typhoon continued on its path toward southeastern Japan on Sunday, with the weather agency still urging maximum caution despite saying the system has weakened slightly. Read more »

Gov't completes post-Yolanda housing project for Ormoc: Nograles

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 02:49 PM

The government turned over 1,419 housing units in an online ceremony. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 21, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 12:23 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Taking shelter from Cyclone Amphan

Rupak De Chowdhuri, Reuters
Posted at May 21 09:04 AM

A woman carries her son as she tries to protect him from heavy rain while they rush to a safer place, following their evacuation from a slum area before Cyclone Amphan makes its landfall, in Kolkata, India, Wednesday. Read more »

Yolanda's Eatery, Haiyan Hotel: Businesses flourish from monster storm's ruins

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 08:42 AM

For survivors of one of the world's strongest and deadliest typhoons, embracing their tragic past helped them get back on their feet. Read more »

Japan rescuers still scrambling as typhoon toll nears 70

Kyoko Hasegawa, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 15 05:41 PM

Hagibis slammed into Japan on Saturday night, unleashing fierce winds and unprecedented rain that triggered landslides and caused dozens of rivers to burst their banks. Read more »

2 dead as Typhoon Hagibis batters Japan with 'unprecedented' rain

Shingo Ito and Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 13 07:50 AM

Around 7.3 million people were given non-compulsory evacuation orders, more than 80 were injured and several others were reported missing as flooding hit many towns and cities. Read more »

Super typhoon Hagibis makes landfall on Japan's main island

Kyodo News
Updated as of Oct 13 12:50 AM

The country remains at its highest alert level after an unprecedented emergency warning was issued for Tokyo and six prefectures. Read more »

Super typhoon Hagibis nears Japan; some World Cup rugby games cancelled

Reuters
Posted at Oct 10 06:32 PM

Parts of Japan are still recovering from a devastating typhoon that struck a month ago, as the new storm, Typhoon Hagibis, headed north over the Pacific towards Japan's main island. Read more »

Duterte anti-corruption body eyes raps vs 12 NHA officials over Yolanda housing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 04:02 PM

MANILA - The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) recommended Wednesday the filing of criminal and administrative complaints against 12 housing officials over alleged anomalies in resettlement projects for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, the country's deadliest storm. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 10, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 11:35 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Retrieval operations after Hurricane Dorian

Loren Elliott, Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 09:01 AM

Personnel from the Royal Bahamas Police Force remove a body recovered in a destroyed neighborhood in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco, Bahamas, on Monday.  Read more »

Typhoon in eastern China causes landslide, killing 13 people

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 10 08:40 PM

BEIJING - Thirteen people were killed and 16 were missing in eastern China on Saturday in a landslide triggered by a major typhoon, which also caused hundreds of flight cancellations and the evacuation of more than 1 million people, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Read more »

Super Typhoon Lekima slams into southeast China

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 10 03:44 PM

SHANGHAI, China - Super Typhoon Lekima slammed into southeastern China early Saturday, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds that knocked out power, downed thousands of trees and forced more than one million people from their homes, state media reported. Read more »

Ika-5 anibersaryo ng Yolanda, ginunita sa photo exhibit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:13 PM

Ginugunita ngayon ang ika-5 taon matapos ang trahedya ng bagyong Yolanda. Read more »

Remembering Yolanda

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 02:00 AM

UP Diliman students join other climate justice advocates commemorate the 5th anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda during a candle lighting event in Quezon City on Thursday. The students called on the government to take bolder action to address climate change to prevent life-threatening weather events like Yolanda. Read more »

Prayers for Yolanda victims

AFP Photo
Updated as of Nov 08 07:14 PM

A survivor places flowers and candles at a mass grave for victims of super typhoon Yolanda to commemorate its fifth anniversary, in Tacloban City, Leyte on Thursday. Read more »

Yolanda's path: Then and now

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 07:04 PM

Five years ago, super typhoon Yolanda, the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines, made six landfalls and left a trail of destruction in its path. Read more »