COLOMBO – Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death...
Hong Kong, China—The death toll in Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has risen to 159 after all affected housing blocks have been searched, police...
Padang, Indonesia—The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military...
COLOMBO -- Entire areas of Sri Lanka’s capital were flooded on Sunday after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island,...
THE number of reported fatalities due to super typhoon “Uwan” (international name: Fung-Wong) has increased to 33, while an estimated 7,539,110 people were affected,...
THE death toll from the onslaught of Super Typhoon “Uwan” has climbed to 27, according to the latest report from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD).
Meanwhile,...
Race against time for search, rescue
RESCUERS using backhoes and chainsaws began digging across Luzon on Tuesday as floodwaters receded in hundreds of villages and...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) on Tuesday attributed the lower number of casualties from Super Typhoon Uwan to the large-scale preemptive evacuation carried...
Typhoon "Tino" (international name: Kalmaegi) has claimed at least 204 lives, with 109 people still missing and 156 others injured across the Visayas and...
