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(Eagle News) — The damage to agriculture and infrastructure wrought by Typhoon Nina (international name Nock-Ten), the last typhoon to hit the country in year 2016, reached P5.183 billion, according to the latest damage assessment report of the government. As of the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), typhoon Nina damaged P4.130 billion in agriculture, and P1.053 billion in infrastructure – roads, bridges, and school and health facilities. […]
Typhoon Nina left the country Tuesday night, leaving in its wake at least six people dead and 18 others missing as government assessed the damage left by the year-end typhoon. As of 11:40 PM on Tuesday, December 27, is already out of the Philippine Area of Responsibilty (PAR). The unusually late storm first hit the eastern provinces on Sunday,December 25, flooding roads and farms, destroying homes and damaging ships as it crossed the archipelago, though the highly-populated Philippine […]
LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 26 (PNA)–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Albay held a special session to pass Resolution No. 255-2016 declaring the entire province of Albay under a state of calamity due to typhoon Nina. Vice Governor Harold Imperial on Monday said a Php 23- million calamity fund was available so the province could recover from the damage wrought by typhoon Nina. He said the typhoon caused heavy damage in the entire province, particularly in the first […]
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City Dec. 26 (PNA) — Due to typhoon Nina’s flogging of the Calabarzon Region overnight Sunday to Monday, around 876 passengers were stranded in the Batangas and had to spend Christmas Day at the ports. Reports from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) 4-A on Monday said port and coast guard authorities had suspended ports operations in Batangas City as Nina headed toward the region over the weekend. […]
MANILA, Dec. 26 (PNA) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be deploying its personnel for immediate response in areas that are affected by Typhoon “Nina” (international name Nock-ten). In an advisory, the MMDA said around 200 personnel, five military trucks and eight ambulances are on standby and ready to respond to emergency incidents. Some twelve rubber boats are prepositioned on flood-prone areas while six floodgates of the Manggahan Floodway were opened. Traffic […]
MANILA, Dec. 26 (PNA) — Typhoon “Nina” (international name Nock-ten) has weakened but stormy weather is expected to continue in the southern Tagalog and Bicol regions, state weather agency Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Monday morning. In its 8 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the eye of “Nina” was last spotted 60 kilometers south of Tayabas, Quezon province. It has a maximum sustained winds of up to 140 kph near the […]
MANILA, Dec 26 (PNA) — A total of 10,968 passengers were stranded in various ports nationwide due to the onslaught of Typhoon “Nina” (international name Nock-ten), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported. In its advisory, the PCG said travel was suspended for 1,047 roll-on roll off (RORO) vessels, 37 sea vessels, six motor bancas in various ports across the country. In its latest weather bulletin, state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration […]
