The Western North Pacific basin is rich in Tropical Cyclone activity with a season lasting throughout the whole year averaging 27 Tropical Storms/Typhoons from 1959 to 2019. The 2022 season was...
Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, July 1 (PIA) -- The Army 7th Infantry Division and 703rd Brigade, through the help of civil society organizations, were able to complete the...
Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri of East Timor, which just recently celebrated the third anniversary of its independence, made his first visit to Finland. During the visit the topics of discussion...
GA/AB/3679 Fifty-Ninth General Assembly Fifth Committee 55th Meeting (PM) In a brief meeting this afternoon, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) heard the introduction of several...
Summary of Western North Pacific and North Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclones Tropical cyclone genesis regions compared to the 15-year average are shown in Figure 1-1. This year's tropical cyclones are...
by Teresita Usapdin in Southern Leyte At the age of 81, Gorgonio Maitim never expected he would one day have to roll up his sleeves again to build a home for his family. Maitim is the oldest...
With an average of 19 typhoons, heavy monsoon rains and massive floods hitting the country every year, the Philippines is no doubt a disaster prone country and the 89 million Filipinos should...
World Vision Philippines will provide assistance to flood victims in Paniqui municipality in Tarlac province. A state of calamity has been declared in four provinces on the island of Luzon, after...
Manila (dpa) - Disaster relief officials on Wednesday braced for a possible outbreak of diseases in northern Philippine provinces hard hit by massive floods that have killed 43 people since last...
By Erik de Castro HAGONOY, Philippines (Reuters) - The worst flooding to hit the northern Philippines in three decades has killed 43 people and caused more than $20 million in damage, officials said...