An area of low pressure across central Philippines brought heavy rain and flash flooding to parts of Western Visayas Region. The city of Bacolod in Negros Occidental province was the…
Tropical Cyclone Doksuri tore across central parts of Vietnam on Friday, 15 September, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain and floods. At least 4 people have died and over…
Tropical Cyclone Doksuri, known locally as Maring, cut across Luzon Island in the Philippines between 11 and 13 September, 2017, bringing with it heavy rain that caused flooding and some…
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in the Philippines is reporting that over 1,000 people have been affected by flooding in Matalam, Cotabato Province since 06 June.…
At least 9 people have been killed in flash floods in the central Philippines after heavy rain brought by Tropical Depression 02W, known locally as “Crising”. Typhoon Crising was downgraded…
NASA’s Terra satellite passed over newly developed Tropical Depression 02W, known locally as “Crising” as it formed east of the central and southern Philippines in the Philippine Sea early on…
Two rivers in Sarangani Province, southern Philippines, overflowed during the early hours of 09 March 2017 after a period of heavy rain. The Kalaong River in Maitum and the Tual…
Countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean are testing their capacity to handle a major tsunami in an exercise from 15 to 17 February, held to identify possible shortcomings in the…
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) is reporting that as many as 178,000 people in the Philippines remain displaced by flooding that first struck on 16 January,…
Long before climate change became a buzz word, the Asia-Pacific region had gained a reputation as a natural disaster hotspot. Over the past 45 years, the region accounted for 57…
Heavy rain caused by the tail-end of a cold front and low pressure area has caused deadly floods in Eastern Visayas and Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Over 13,000 people have been…
RICHLAND, Wash. — An analysis of the strongest tropical storms, known as super typhoons, in the western Pacific over the last half-century reveals that they are intensifying. Higher global temperatures…
NASA has added up the large amounts of rainfall generated throughout the life of the once Super-typhoon Nock-ten from its birth to its entrance into the South China Sea on…
Typhoon Nock-Ten severely disrupted Christmas festivities in parts of the Philippines, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain and some flooding, particularly in Occidental Mindoro province in Mimaropa Region. Calapan,…
NASA’s Aqua satellite flew over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Nock-ten after it strengthened from a tropical depression. On Dec. 22 at 0348…
Floods have affected thousands of families in Samar Island, Philippines, after a period of heavy rain that began on 16 December, 2016. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported…
