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Masbate worst-hit during ‘Opong’ onslaught

Severe Tropical Storm “Opong” claimed 10 lives in Eastern Visayas and Bicol with Masbate suffering the worst impact, according to the Office of Civil...

Thousands displaced as ‘Opong’ hits Western Visayas

Severe Tropical Storm ‘Opong’ affected 8,956 individuals from 2,233 families across Western Visayas, the Office of Civil Defense in the region has reported on...

Misery as ‘Opong’ plunges Masbate into darkness

Electricity remains out in all 21 municipalities of Masbate after Severe Tropical Storm ‘Opong’ pummeled the province, with authorities racing to restore power lines...

Ukrainian YouTuber arrested in Japan

TOKYO — A Ukrainian YouTuber with more than 6.5 million subscribers has been arrested in Japan after livestreaming himself trespassing in a house in...

Spate of storms affect 1.2 million Filipinos

The combined effects of recent tropical cyclones Mirasol, Nando, and Opong have now left at least 14 people dead, 17 injured, and two missing...

Philippines cancels classes, flights as new storm looms

Manila, Philippines—The Philippines shut schools and scrapped flights on Thursday as a fresh storm threatened to hit just days after a super typhoon killed nine...

Binondo Blaze

Firefighters work on a fourth-alarm fire that razes a commercial-residential building on Dasmariñas St., Binondo, Manila Monday evening. The firemen are also able to...

28k families displaced by stormsMirasol, Nando — NDRRMC

A TOTAL of 28,014 families have been affected by the southwest monsoon (habagat) intensified by tropical cyclones Mirasol and Nando, the National Disaster Risk...

‘Life threatening’ conditions imminent over super typhoon ‘Nando’

Filipinos in sparsely populated Babuyan Islands and nearby provinces are facing “life threatening” conditions amid the onslaught of Super Typhoon ‘Nando’ as it prepares...

Filipinos ready for ‘the worst’ as ‘Nando’ lands

Manila, Philippines—More than 10,000 evacuees sheltered in schools and evacuation centres in the Philippines on Monday as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon...

Investigation launched

Mexican firefighters extinguish the flames of a gas truck that exploded in Mexico City Thursday which killed three and injured at least 70 more....

Powerful quake aftershocks cause more injuries in Afghanistan

Jalalabad, Afghanistan—A series of strong aftershocks from a deadly earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan at the weekend injured at least another 10 people and caused...

Hope dwindles for survivors days after deadly Afghan quake

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Hope faded Wednesday of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by the weekend’s powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as...

Fresh quake hits disaster-struck Afghanistan, as toll passes 1,400

Jalalabad, Afghanistan—A fresh 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit the east of Afghanistan on Tuesday, jolting a region still struggling with the aftermath of a powerful quake at...
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