Death toll from PH storm ‘Tembin’ reaches 200, tens of thousands displaced
Some 200 people have been killed in the southern Philippines after a tropical storm battered the archipelago nation’s second-largest island, triggering heavy flooding and landslides that have ravaged towns and displaced tens of thousands. Tropical Storm Tembin lashed Mindanao island, home to 20 million people, on Friday with gusts of 125 kilometers (80 miles) an ...
Tropical Storm ‘Tembin’ leaves 133 dead, dozens missing in PH
The death toll from a tropical storm in the southern Philippines climbed swiftly to 133 on Saturday, as rescuers pulled dozens of bodies from a swollen river, police said....
Philippines tropical storm ‘Vinta’ toll climbs to 30: officials
The death toll from a tropical storm that struck the southern Philippines has risen to 30 as massive mudslides wiped out a mountain village, officials said Saturday. Nineteen...
Tropical depression kills at least 31 people in Eastern Visayas
Tropical depression Kai-tak (locally named Urduja) hit the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines last Saturday and has killed at least 31 people, Presidential Spokesperson...
26 dead in landslides after Philippine storm: Officials
Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak have killed 26 people and 23 more are missing in the eastern Philippines, authorities said Sunday. The deaths were reported in the...
Thousands stranded after storm lashes Philippines
Thousands of people heading home for Christmas in the Philippines were stranded on Sunday by Tropical Depression Kai-Tak, a day after the storm killed three people as it pounded...
Tropical Storm ‘Urduja’ lingers as new storm brews before Christmas
Tropical depression Urduja (international name: Kai-tak) hovered slowly over the Visayas on Sunday after leaving at least 3 people killed, as a new storm threatened to hit the...
Three dead, 77,000 flee as tropical storm Kai-tak pounds the Philippines
At least three people were killed and tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak pounded the eastern Philippines on Saturday, cutting off...
Three missing, thousands flee as storm heads for Philippines
Tens of thousands were driven from their homes by floods and three fishermen were missing Saturday as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak barrelled towards the eastern Philippines, officials...
Philippines gets $415.2 million loan to help flood control
The Philippines will receive a loan of US$415.2 million from the World Bank and the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to help it solve chronic flooding in...
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