The scale of flooding this week has brought back memories of Typhoon Ketsana (known as Ondoy in the Philippines) which hit Manila in 2009. Some areas went under 3 meters of floodwater. Super ...
The Philippines, being a country situated near the Pacific Ocean, is no stranger to typhoons. In fact, an average of 20 ...
Not even beauty queen Shamcey Supsup was spared by the wrath of tropical storm "Enteng" as it hit the country on Sunday, Sept ...
WHEN the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) was enhanced by Typhoon Carina, it devastated large parts of Luzon. Many Filipinos were haunted by memories of Ondoy, a typhoon that caused record-breaking levels ...
It was like Typhoon Carina enhanced by the monsoon all over again. There were no storm warning ...
which surpassed even the rainfall record of Super Typhoon Ondoy,” SBCorp President and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. Bastillo said. “This emergency fund, offering concessional terms not currently ...
Parma was expected to dump as much as 8 to 20 inches of rain in areas still water-logged from last week's Typhoon Ketsana. That storm resulted in the heaviest rainfall in 40 years and at one point ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Marikina River reached second alarm by mid-morning Monday as water level continued to rise amid persistent rains due to Tropical Storm Enteng (international name: Yagi).
CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines (CNN)-- Typhoon Parma crossed the northern tip of the already storm-battered Philippines over the weekend, triggering landslides that killed at least 12 people, local ...
The proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs) of banks to their total loans settled at 3.58 percent in July this year, the ...