Heavy rainshowers caused by the southwest monsoon or habagat flooded parts of Metro Manila Thursday morning. The state weather bureau Pagasa, in its 4:00 a.m forecast, said Luzon as well as Metro Manila, Visayas, and Northern Mindanao…
Staging it on a “payday Friday” was part of the test. The third annual “Shake Drill” kicked off on Friday with rescuers and volunteers simulating emergency scenarios in the aftermath of a major earthquake and testing whether…
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) appealed to the public for understanding as it holds on Friday afternoon its third metro-wide quake drill that is expected to ground traffic to a near standstill. At exactly 4 p.m. today, cellular signal, power…
BAGUIO CITY—Torrential rains since last week have crippled roads leading to tourist towns like Sagada in Mt. Province. On May 27, strong river currents washed out the makeshift detour bridge that links the Baguio-Bontoc section of the…
MANILA — Monsoon rains over Luzon and parts of Visayas will continue this week as a low pressure area developed close to Luzon on Thursday. The state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)…
THE ONSLAUGHT of “habagat” (southwest monsoon) in the country that began on Aug. 8 has left at least five people dead and more than 20,000 people in evacuation centers, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council…
The city government of Makati announced that it will implement road closures and traffic rerouting on June 22, Wednesday, in line with its participation in the Metro Manila Shake Drill and 2nd Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill,…
MANILA — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is counting on more residents to participate in Wednesday’s metro-wide shake drill, or the simulation of emergency response, rescue and relief operations in case of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in…
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — A massive convoy was under way Friday to move evacuees stranded at oil field camps north of Fort McMurray, Alberta amid a massive wildfire that officials fear could double in size by the…
NEW YORK, United States — The eastern United States dug out Sunday from an historic blizzard that killed at least 22 people, but as New York slowly lumbered back to life in preparation for the work week,…
