LEGAZPI CITY – The Office of Civil Defense in Bicol has advised the local disaster councils to prepare and activate their operation centers as Typhoon “Mangkhut” (local name “Ompong ...

Nearly 340,000 locals have been evacuated in the central Bicol region as the strong typhoon lashed across the area, blowing off the roofs of homes, smashing windows and knocking down trees and ...

Super Typhoon Man-Yi, known locally as Pepito ... Ominous skies loomed over Masbate in the Bicol region ahead of Man-Yi's arrival. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “@wonamour_ ...

Legazpi City — Even before Super Typhoon Pepito hit land ... Signal No. 3 is in effect over parts of Bicol Region and Samar island. Wind signal No. 5 is the highest wind warning that will ...

Rogelio Barajas, a resident of Legazpi City, Albay for over five decades, will never forget how Typhoon Reming (international name ... Many survivors of disasters in the Bicol region have the same ...

Emergency responders said no one died in Bicol because local governments were able to organize a prompt evacuation, saving many lives from the typhoon’s wrath, which left seven dead in other parts of ...

November 1 The region of Bicol was “under serious threat” late Saturday evening, October 31, as Typhoon Rolly (Goni) continued to move closer to the province of Catanduanes. The Philippine ...

Typhoon Yinxing hit the northeastern Philippines ... Ahead of Man-yi’s arrival, more than 500,000 people evacuated in Luzon’s Bicol region, a disaster official told DZRH radio, Reuters ...

At least 50 percent of the houses in this town of 50,000 were wrecked by Typhoon “Nina” (international ... as the strongest to strike the Bicol region in 10 years. Defense Secretary Delfin ...

LEGAZPI CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided P7.1 million aid to 21,874 families or a total of 83,803 persons affected by Tropical Depression Enteng in Bicol Region.

In Bicol, nearly 400,000 people were displaced by the typhoon, with almost 350,000 of them sheltering in evacuation centers, and power was out, the civil defense office there said. Typhoon Goni ...