Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:28:27 +0000
The local government of Northern Samar on Monday appealed to national agencies for emergency assistance as the province grappled with the worst flooding it had experienced in 30 years.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:23:58 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —Some 3,488 families or 13,469 persons from regions affected by Tropical Depression “Usman” (which has weakened into a low pressure area) are still staying in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 03:06:54 +0000
JAKARTA — Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait has shrunk to almost a third its original height, from 338 meters to 110 m, after a series of eruptions triggered a tsunami last week, killing more than 400 people and injuring thousands.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:36:26 +0000
Tsunami, a Japanese word for harbor wave, is a series of waves commonly generated by undersea earthquakes. Many people already understand this phenomenon.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 06:45:02 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the government is ready to respond in cases of emergency as Tropical Depression “Usman” is set to make landfall in Eastern Samar on Friday evening.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 04:42:20 +0000
Malacañang called on the public to be vigilant and coordinate with their local disaster officials as “Usman” neared Eastern Visayas.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 05:12:09 +0000
PANDEGLANG, Indonesia — Sixty-five-year-old Maisah sat on a bench in front of her warung (kiosk) by the quiet Jl. Raya Karang Bolong …
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 05:07:51 +0000
Residents, tourists and provincial dignitaries gathered on Wednesday morning at Patong Beach for a remembrance ceremony commemorating 14 years since the deadly tsunami that struck on the morning of December 26, 2004.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:41:47 +0000
JAKARTA — Just four days after the Sunda Strait tsunami devastated homes in Serang, Banten, floodwater engulfed two villages in the regency on Wednesday, inundating about 200 homes and displacing 1,818 people.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 03:49:42 +0000
The spokesman for Indonesia’s National Disaster and Mitigation Agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, posted a video on Twitter showing turtles …
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