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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 11 people have died in severe floods and landslides in the east of Indonesia’s main island of Java, an official said Tuesday. A landslide killed nine people at Pacitan in East Java province and two people died in floods triggered by heavy rain in the same area. Thousands of homes were flooded and 4,000 people forced to evacuate them, said a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency. The […]
(Eagle News) — Sa kasagsagan ng bagyong Ramil at sa lakas ng buhos ng ulan nitong Huwebes, Nobyembre 2, anim na pagguho ng lupa o landslide ang naitala sa bayan ng Sagñay, Camarines Sur. Limang bahay ang nadamay sa nasabing landslide at isang bahay dito ang natabunan ng lupa. Patay sa nasabing insidente ang nakilalang residente na si Ryan Lasmarinas, 32 taong gulang ng matabunan ng lupa habang ang dalawang kasama nito na sina Felipe […]
(Eagle News) — Dahil sa walang tigil na pag-ulan dulot ng bagyong Ramil, maraming lugar sa Batangas City ang nakaranas ng mga pagbaha maging ng mga rockslide at landslide. Sa Barangay Simlong, maraming mga sasakyan ang hindi makadaan dahil sa rumaragasang tubig baha mula sa bundok patungo sa ilog, umapaw din ang mga creek at kanal at umabot sa mga kalsada. Sa bahagi naman ng Brgy. Ilijan at Brgy. Pagkilatan patungo sa Brgy. Simlong, maraming […]
(Eagle News) — Isinailalim na sa state of calamity ang Zamboanga City matapos malubog sa baha ang labing pitong barangay rito dahil sa malalakas na ulan. Ayon sa Office Of The Civil Defense – Region 9, ang Zamboanga City ang pinakaapektadong lugar sa rehiyon. Tinatayang umabot na sa labing dalawang milyong piso ang pinsala sa imprastraktura, mga palayan, at palaisdaan, habang mahigit tatlong libong pamilya naman ang napilitang lumikas. Landslide Kabi-kabilang naman ang mga landslide […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in north and central Vietnam has jumped to 54, officials said Friday, in one of the deadliest weather disasters to hit the country in years. Rescuers were desperately searching for 39 people still missing after heavy rains pounded several provinces this week, with forecasters warning of another major storm heading toward the country. This week’s catastrophes destroyed thousands of properties and wiped out swathes of […]
BANGUED, Abra (Eagle News) – Sinuspende na ni Gov. Jocelyn Joy Bernos ang klase ng ilang estudyante sa Abra nitong Biyernes, ika-13 ng Oktubre dahil sa Bagyong “Odette.” Walang pasok ang mga bata mula preparatory hanggang high school sa mga pribado at pampublikong paaralan. Pinapayuhan naman ang mga mamamayan na nakatira sa mga nasabing lalawigan na gawin ang ibayong pag-iingat lalo na sa mga nakatira sa lugar na prone ng landslide at flash flood. Samantala, nakahanda […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — At least 37 people were killed and another 40 are missing as floods and landslides ravaged northern and central Vietnam, disaster officials said Thursday. Heavy rains lashed swathes of the country this week, with northern Hoa Binh province the hardest hit with 11 dead and 21 missing. “We are mobilizing all forces to search for the missing,” a disaster official in the province told AFP by phone. At least 37 people were killed across […]
LUCENA, Quezon (Eagle News) — A two-month old baby boy died in a landslide here in Lucena City in Quezon province. Two-month old Renzo Abas was killed when their house gave in because of a landslide around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 12 here in Purok, Munting Paraiso, Bgy 1. Their house was near the Mount Carmel Diocesan Hospital. Residents said that they noticed the ground was getting unstable, and that the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The number of people missing after a landslide struck dozens of homes in rural southwestern China has climbed to 32, authorities said Tuesday. At least three people were found dead and seven were injured in Monday’s disaster in a township in Bijie city in Guizhou province, according to a report on the official news site of the local government. The search is continuing, it said, adding that rescuers were carrying out […]
BONDO VILLAGE, BREGAGLIA, Switzerland (Reuters) — Rescue crews continued to search on Thursday (August 24) for eight people including Germans, Austrians and Swiss who have been missing for more than a day after a landslide struck a remote Swiss mountain valley near the Italian border. Authorities evacuated around 100 people from the village of Bondo and airlifted hikers from nearby huts in the eastern canton of Grisons after rocks and mud hit the area on […]
by Ashok Dahal KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — At least 143 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as monsoon floods swept across Nepal and India, officials said Monday, warning the toll could rise as the extent of the damage becomes clear. Three days of relentless downpours sparked flash floods and landslides that have killed at least 70 in Nepal and 73 across northern and eastern India. Around 200,000 are living in emergency camps in Assam in […]
