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Massive landslide hits Papua New Guinea, many feared dead

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea—A massive landslide struck remote villages in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) highlands Friday, with many homes buried and scores of residents...

Nine dead, 900 injured in most powerful Taiwan quake in 25 years

At least nine people were killed and more than 900 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and...

Phivolcs: 7.5-magnitude quake hits Taiwan; tsunami warning raised in 4 provinces

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned of high tsunami waves reaching the coastal areas of the country Wednesday morning, after a...

Five dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea earthquake

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - At least five people were killed and an estimated 1,000 homes destroyed when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked Papua...

Climate perils costing PH economy 3% of its GDP annually, say Swiss economists

Zurich, Switzerland—The Philippines is the country suffering the highest annual economic losses from the impact of four major weather perils studied—floods, tropical cyclones, winter...

Philippine landslide death toll rises to 68

Manila, Philippines—The death toll from a landslide that hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines rose to 68 on Monday, officials said, as...

Statement of the Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST) on the Davao de Oro landslide

Fostering an Environment of Accountability: Sharing only facts over speculation PBEST believes that during and after tragic events such as this, stakeholders must share only...

Philippines landslide toll jumps to 54

Manila, Philippines—The death toll from a massive Philippine landslide near a gold mine abruptly rose to 54 on Sunday, local officials said. Nineteen bodies were...

Rescuers use bare hands to search for Philippine landslide survivors

Rescuers used their bare hands and shovels to dig through mud on Thursday in a desperate search for survivors of a landslide that has...

Indonesia quake toll jumps to 268

The death toll from an earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java jumped to 268 on Tuesday, as rescuers searched for survivors in the...

Hunt for buried survivors as Indonesia quake kills 162

Rescuers searched for survivors buried under rubble on Tuesday after an earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed 162 people, injured hundreds and...

Speaker raises P70.92M for disaster victims to mark his birthday

Speaker Martin Romualdez turned his birthday celebration Monday night into an opportunity to help, raising P70.92 million in cash and pledges for disaster victims,...

Paeng deaths bloat to 150 (and counting)

The death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Paeng, which triggered flooding and landslides across the country, has reached 150, disaster officials said Thursday, as...

Strong quake strikes eastern Taiwan

A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan, bringing at least three buildings down in a small town and tearing up roads – but forecasters said...
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