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(Eagle News) – The death toll due to Typhoon Ulysses which lashed Luzon has reached 69, as those affected by the typhoon reached 1.1 million individuals, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). NDRRMC Executive Director Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad said that the typhoon fatalities came from six regions in Luzon. Only the Ilocos Region did not report any death. The highest number of fatalities came from Cagayan Valley which experienced […]
(Eagle News) – The number of fatalities due to Typhoon Ulysses rose to 42, according to data from the Philippine National Police. The biggest number of casualties was from Cagayan Valley at 14, followed by Region 4-A or CALABARZON at 9, Cordillera Administrative Region at 7, Bicol Region at 5, Central Luzon at 3, and Metro Manila at 3 as well. However, the death toll given by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name Vamco) left at least 14 dead, eight injured and 14 missing in the country, according to the Philippines’ top disaster and risk reduction official. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad said that the list of 14 dead does not include fatalities coming from Metro Manila yet. Jalad said the number of dead from the Philippine capital was still undergoing validation. So […]
(Eagle News) – At least 10 people were reported killed after then Super Typhoon Rolly (Goni) battered the Bicol region with its very strong Category 5 winds comparable to Super Typhoon Haiyan of 2013. “Rolly” had maximum sustained winds of over 225 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 310 kph when it hit the Bicol region. It first made its landfall in Bato, Catanduanes early Sunday, Nov. 1. Its second landfall was on […]
Close to 97k families or 347k individuals already preemptively evacuated (Eagle News) — A total of 19.8 million people to 31.9 million people are “predicted to be exposed” to Super Typhoon Rolly (international name Goni), located in 12 exposed or affected regions in the country, according to authorities. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad said that they based their projections for a 60 kilometer radius, and a 120 kilometer […]
(Eagle News) — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has cancelled the nationwide earthquake drill that was originally scheduled on Thursday, March 12. In a statement, NDRRMC Executive Director Ricardo Jalad said the cancellation was to “to ensure public health safety of the drill participants and to prevent the possible risk of contracting COVID-19.” The announcement came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said four additional COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in the […]
(Eagle News)-The death toll due to “Ursula” has reached 50, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. According to the NDRRMC, of the 50, seven were from MIMAROPA, 26 from Region VI, one from Region VII and 16 from Region VIII. The NDRRMC said 43 were also hurt. “Ursula” brought strong winds and rains in Luzon and Visayas last week, prompting the cancellation of flights. It exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility last […]
(Eagle News) – More than 146,000 persons have been affected by the series of quakes that continue to rock Mindanao, according to the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The NDRRMC said, in its Nov. 2, 2019 update, that the number of persons affected by the successive quakes to hit Mindanao had affected 146,745 persons or 29,349 families in 149 barangays. This was significant increase from its previous […]
(Eagle News) – The number of people killed in the combined 6.6 magnitude quake of Oct. 29 and the 6.5 magnitude quake of Oct. 31 has risen to at least 21, according to the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) issued on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 The NDRRMC also said that there are at least 331 reported injured in the successive quakes (down from the previous NDRRMC report […]
(Eagle News) — The number of persons killed due to the magnitude 6.3 quake that struck Mindanao on Oct. 16 rose to 7, while those injured rose to 215, according to the latest report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The fatalities include a mother and her child who died when their house was buried in landslide triggered by the earthquake in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, and another girl from […]
(Eagle News) – The cost of damage by the recent series of quakes that shook Itbayat, Batanes is now tagged at more than P54.79 million even as strong aftershocks continued to rock the area, according to the latest update from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The town of Itbayat in Batanes has been declared under a state of calamity since July 29. Work and classes has also been suspended there. […]
(Eagle News) – The number of deaths due to the two successive quakes in Itbayat, Batanes are still pegged at eight while more than 60 are reported injured, according to the latest data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Many of the survivors are still afraid to sleep inside their homes as aftershocks continue to affect the area. As of the latest data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology […]
