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Monster cyclone reaches India's east coast

Hari Kumar and Austin Ramzy, The New York Times
Posted at May 03 01:29 PM

Cyclone Fani, classified by meteorologists as the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, made landfall along the coast at 8 a.m. Friday after churning through the bay, which has produced many of the world’s deadliest tropical cyclones. Read more »

Chinese casino woes hamper typhoon rebuild in Saipan

Farah Master, Reuters
Posted at Apr 16 08:32 AM

SAIPAN - More than six months after super typhoon Yutu battered Saipan, recovery efforts are making little traction with the government facing cash-flow problems as its once vaunted engine of growth – a Chinese-funded casino project - is mired in deep losses. Read more »

PAGASA retires typhoon names Ompong, Rosita, Usman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 03:45 PM

The names Ompong, Rosita, and Usman will no longer be used in the future  Read more »

Ombudsman suspends Guiuan mayor over alleged post-Yolanda rehab fund misuse

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 04:44 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has preventively suspended the mayor of Guiuan town, Eastern Samar for 6 months as he faced investigation over alleged misuse of funds for rehabilitation efforts following devastation due to Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. Read more »

Wutip to weaken before entering Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 08:36 AM

Severe Tropical Storm Wutip is expected to weaken further as it moves closer to the Philippine area of responsibility, the state weather bureau said Thursday.  Read more »

Typhoon Wutip may enter PAR on Thursday

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 12:29 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Typhoon Wutip may enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Thursday, state weather bureau PAGASA said. Read more »

Typhoon Wutip moves closer to Philippine waters

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 12:01 PM

A "very strong" typhoon off the country's Pacific coast is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility by mid-week, the state weather bureau said Monday. Read more »

PAGASA: Monitor updates on 'very strong' typhoon off Pacific

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 10:53 AM

The state weather bureau on Sunday urged the public to monitor updates on a "very strong" typhoon off the country's Pacific coast.   Read more »

Typhoon off Mindanao unlikely to enter PAR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 10:26 AM

A typhoon spotted off the country's Pacific coast is unlikely to enter the Philippine area of responsibility, the state weather bureau said Saturday.    Read more »

Typhoon Wutip strengthens outside PAR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 05:56 AM

MANILA - State weather bureau PAGASA said Friday a tropical cyclone outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) has intensified into a typhoon. Read more »

PAGASA warns of stronger typhoons due to El Niño

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 02:38 AM

MANILA - State weather bureau PAGASA warned Wednesday of stronger typhoons this year due to El Niño. Read more »

DSWD investigates slow release of assistance to Typhoon Nina victims

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 04:33 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development it is investigating the alleged slow release of emergency funds to victims of Typhoon Nina in 2016 as revealed by the Commission on Audit. Read more »

Duterte jokes PH storms should be named 'Leni, Bernadette'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 08:30 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said in jest that typhoons should be named "Leni" or "Bernadette," incidentally names of women in government.  Read more »

Duterte visits Usman-hit Camarines Sur, vows aid

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 01:03 AM

Duterte conducted an aerial inspection of calamity-stricken Camarines Sur Read more »

10 worst climate-linked disasters of 2018 caused $85-B in damage

Sonia Elks, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 28 10:54 PM

LONDON - From floods to extreme heat, 10 of the worst climate-linked disasters in 2018 caused at least $84.8 billion worth of damage, said a study released by the charity Christian Aid on Thursday. Read more »

Usman moving slowly ahead of Eastern Samar landfall

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 12:35 AM

PAGASA earlier said tropical depression Usman could intensify into a tropical storm before it makes landfall. Read more »

Signal No. 1 raised over 12 areas amid Usman threat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 07:15 AM

MANILA- State weather bureau PAGASA raised Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal Number 1 over 12 areas in the central Philippines early Thursday amid the threat of Tropical Depression Usman. Read more »

Survivors, Iligan residents commemorate 7 years since Sendong's lashing

Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 04:44 PM

Local government employees and some survivors of typhoon Washi gathered at the memorial site in Bayug Island on Monday to say their prayers for those who died from the flash flood 7 years ago. Read more »

OPINION: 5 years later, Yolanda survivor continues to wait for resettlement

Karim Raslan -- Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Nov 30 05:44 PM

Whilst Tacloban City Mayor (a relative of former First Lady and Tacloban native, Imelda Marcos) Cristina Romualdez recently declared that its people “have moved on and forward”, for people like Richelle, the disaster is ongoing, as neglect and disinterest supplant raging winds and driving rain. Read more »

Tomas weakens into tropical depression

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 02:29 AM

Tomas is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility on Wednesday, November 28. Read more »