Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:23:35 +0000
The series of earthquakes in the picturesque island of Itbayat, Batanes have presented a few major challenges to disaster responders.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:24:21 +0000
A freak act of nature which officials called a twister for lack of a better term injured five students and wrecked structures in Magalang town, Pampanga province, local disaster officials said.
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Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 05:59:54 +0000
Frightened residents rush out to the streets after a 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook Itbayat town in Batanes before dawn Saturday.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:27:22 +0000
Classes in at least three towns in Cotabato were canceled due to persistent rain, a provincial disaster official said on Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 23:07:42 +0000
Communities in the Mojave Desert tallied damage and made emergency repairs to cracked roads and broken pipes Friday as aftershocks from Southern California’s largest earthquake in 20 years kept rumbling.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 01:33:52 +0000
The flags hanging outside Anwar Ragaua’s house have drawn warnings from police, but the wiry 50-year-old vows he’s not taking them down.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 12:43:19 +0000
Five people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered a series of landslides in eastern Uganda’s mountainous Bududa district.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:12:15 +0000
A giant forest fire swept across swathes of South Korea on Friday, as authorities declared a rare national disaster.
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Credit to Author: Ian Morse| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:54:50 +0000
Survivors in the disaster-torn city in Sulawesi are still waiting for financial assistance from the government to rebuild their lives.
Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:55:09 +0000
Twenty people, mostly children, have been confirmed dead in the school building that collapsed in Nigeria on Wednesday.
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