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Rising casualties due to “Glenda”
The casualties caused by “Glenda” continues to rise, with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council recording 38 deaths, 10 injured and 8 missing. The NDRRMC also reported that 668 million pesos damage in the agricultural damage due to the typhoon.
More areas declare state of calamity
The number of areas that were declared under state of calamity now rise to 10 after the onslaught of Typhoon “Glenda”.
Large percentage of Meralco customers in Metro Manila remain without electricity
In Metro Manila, 19% of Meralco customers remain without electricity as the electric company continues its repairs on damaged electrical posts due to “Glenda”.
“Glenda” injures 5 in Pangasinan
The Typhoon “Glenda” injured 5 in Pangasinan. Also as many as 60 families remain in evacuation centers.
LPA in Mindanao
According to the PAGASA, Glenda is well on its way to depart from the Philippine area of responsibility but a new low-pressure area was spotted and will enter the Philippine area of responsibility within 24 hours. The habagat continues to affect the country.
Typhoon kills at least 20 in the Philippines, heads towards China
(Reuters) – Financial markets are set to reopen in the Philippines on Thursday as residents clear debris and authorities work to restore power after a typhoon churned across the Southeast Asian country, killing at least 20 people. Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year, is heading towards China after cutting a path across the main island of Luzon, shutting down the capital and knocking down trees and power lines, causing widespread […]
U.S. imposes toughest sanctions yet on Russia over Ukraine
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the most wide-ranging sanctions yet on the Russian economy, targeting key institutions including Gazprombank and Rosneft Oil Co, as well as other energy and defense companies. Washington has steadily escalated its financial sanctions on Russia over what it views as Moscow’s interference in its neighbor Ukraine and its annexation of the Crimea region. Obama said the United States could impose further sanctions if Russia did not […]
‘Glenda’ out but potential cyclone spotted off Mindanao
MANILA, July 17 (PNA) — Typhoon “Glenda” is expected to exit the country this morning while another weather disturbance has been monitored east of northern Mindanao which may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) within the day, according to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday. In an interview, PAGASA weather forecaster Buddy Javier said as of 4 a.m. the eye of typhoon “Glenda” was spotted at 380 km west southwest […]
Confident Assad launches new term in stronger position
(Reuters) – Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a new term as Syria’s president on Wednesday, after an election which his opponents dismiss as a sham but which he said proved he had achieved victory after a “dirty war” to unseat him. Once written off in the West as certain to fall, he launches his seven-year term in his securest position since the early days of the three-year-old war. Those close to Damascus say he […]
Israeli naval shelling kills four boys on Gaza beach: medics
(Reuters) – Israeli shelling killed four boys on a Gaza beach on Wednesday, a local health official said, and Palestinian militants fired a further 70 rockets into Israel after a failed Egyptian attempt to halt more than a week of warfare. Israel urged the evacuation of several districts in the Gaza Strip where more than 100,000 people live, threatening ground operations to try to stem the rocket attacks. An Israeli official said the defence minister […]
South Africa’s Pistorius ‘lonely and alienated’: family
(Reuters) – South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius’ decision to go to a night club while still on trial for murder was “unwise” but it was done because the 27-year-old is “lonely and alienated”, his family said on Wednesday. Pistorius was involved in an argument with businessman Jared Mortimer at a club in Johannesburg’s upmarket Sandton business district over the weekend. Both men accuse each other of starting the altercation. “Oscar is […]
