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This reports covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2011 Programme outcome Through programmes under this country plan, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)...

From January to December, nineteen (19) TCs entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), ten (10) of them were destructive namely Tropical Storm (TS) Bebeng (May 8-11); Typhoon Chedeng (May...

DISASTER EVENTS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN 2011 Asia and the Pacific continues to live up to its reputation as the world’s most natural-disaster-prone region. The International Disaster Database,...

Executive Summary The Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (ATCR) is prepared by the staff of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), a jointly manned United States Air Force/Navy organization formally...

by Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, October 19 (PIA) -- Approximately 10,000 households in the town of San Simon in Pampanga affected by severe flooding brought by typhoon Falcon...

The cessation of hostilities between the Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) continued to be respected in the first half of the year, furthering the return and resettlement of the...

Key Points • The seasonal southwest monsoon aggravated by consecutive tropical cyclones brought heavy rains over Mindanao and other parts of the Philippines causing floods, flashfloods and...

Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- In the wake of human and material losses in the DPRK caused by typhoon-5 and heavy rains from late June to mid-July, a rain-triggered flood has harassed the country...

Through the patience, innate goodness, and generosity of the volunteers of Tzu Chi Foundation, around 994 marginalized families in Tabaco City, Albay received 20-kilogram sack of premium Taiwanese...

by Larry Lopez TABUK, Kalinga, July 18 (PIA) - - Small farmers in the province benefit from the cash-for-work aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as payment for labor...