Floods displace 98,000 in Mindanao
At least 98,000 people have been displaced by floods in several Mindanao provinces, prompting one governor to push for dredging as a solution.
At least 98,000 people have been displaced by floods in several Mindanao provinces, prompting one governor to push for dredging as a solution.
President Benigno Aquino III has officially tapped Eduardo del Rosario to replace Benito Ramos, the media-savvy head of the Office of Civil Defense and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Executive Director Benito Ramos would have to stay in his position as President Benigno Aquino III has yet to approve his resignation that he filed early this month.
The familiar face representing the government’s response to disasters has resigned. He was known to lighten the mood in a stormy weather with his funny asides.
The death toll from Tropical Storm “Quinta”(international codename: Wukong) that hit the Visayas on Christmas Day has risen to 20, with more than 20,000 others left homeless, the government said Sunday.
The floodwaters brought by Tropical Storm “Quinta,” which inundated more than 20 towns in Western Visayas, have subsided, but close to 14,000 families still remain in evacuation centers, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Saturday.
The residents of Roxas City and three nearby municipalities have difficulty getting their potable water requirement as the water from Panay River, the only water source, has been contaminated with silt.
Residents in central Philippines may now heave a sigh of relief.
The death toll from Typhoon “Pablo” will likely hit 1,500, making it the second deadliest since the country began keeping records, Benito Ramos, head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), said on Saturday.
The death toll from typhoon “Pablo” (international name” Bopha) that struck several provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao last week has climbed to 647 as rescue workers continued to search for 780 individuals who remained missing as of Monday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
Desperate families begged for food on Sunday—nearly a week after Typhoon “Pablo” struck and despite earlier assurances by Aquino administration officials in press releases that they had prepositioned emergency supplies in the potential disaster zone.
More than 200,000 people have been affected in 22 provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao regions while the death toll rose further to 274 after typhoon “Pablo” (international name Bopha) battered the parts of Mindanao and Visayas.
Typhoon Pablo did not veer away from its path, on Tuesday, as earlier reported. The eye of the storm was spotted at 70 kilometers south of Tagbilaran City, Bohol.
