DENR gives cash-for-work to reforest typhoon-hit areas
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started offering cash-for-work to people in communities to reforest areas ravaged by Typhoon “Pablo.”
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started offering cash-for-work to people in communities to reforest areas ravaged by Typhoon “Pablo.”
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 province of Aklan has been placed under a state of calamity due to flooding brought by Tropical Storm “Quinta.”
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 death toll from Tropical Storm “Quinta” that hit central Philippines on Christmas Day climbed to 17 on Friday as authorities began surveying the damage to thousands of hectares of farmlands.
There was only slight damage in north Cebu, mostly flattened banana plants, and no deaths reported when tropical storm “Quinta” , the last typhoon of the year, weakened at noon yesterday.
Nearly 5,750 passengers and 82 interisland vessels were stranded at Manila’s North Harbor and 11 other major ports in Bicol, the Visayas, and northern Mindanao due to tropical storm Quinta (international code name: Wukong).
Some portions of the national roads in Southern Leyte, Eastern Samar and Agusan del Sur that were damaged by tropical storm “Quinta” have been closed to vehicular traffic, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Some portions of the national roads in Southern Leyte, Eastern Samar and Agusan del Sur that were damaged by tropical storm “Quinta” have been closed to vehicular traffic, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Hundreds of passengers were stranded in Cebu on Wednesday as sea vessels were grounded due to tropical storm Quinta.
Tropical cyclone “Quinta” (international name: Wukong) has weakened into a tropical depression as it continued to hover Western Visayas, the state weather bureau said midday Wednesday.
Tropical storm Quinta (international name Wukong) has left over 5,000 passengers stranded in several ports nationwide, the Philippine Coast Guard said early Wednesday.
Tropical Storm “Quinta” has made landfall over Abuyog, Leyte around 12 midnight, according the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
