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Planning for the worst reduces risk
News, Published on 02/01/2015
» When Typhoon Hagupit made landfall in the Philippines on Dec 6, memories of Typhoon Haiyan, which killed more than 6,300 people, were fresh in people's minds. Some 227,000 families — more than a million people — were evacuated ahead of Hagupit's arrival, according to the United Nations. The typhoon, one of the strongest of the season, killed some 30 people. All deaths from disasters are a tragedy, but the fact that this number was not much higher attests to the efforts that the Philippines has made to prepare for natural disasters.
Tropical storm kills 54 in Philippines
AFP, Published on 01/01/2015
» MANILA - Tropical storm Jiangmi exited the Philippines Thursday, leaving at least 54 dead and 13 missing from floods and landslides as officials said greater measures could have been taken to prepare for the deluge.
53 dead in Philippines flooding and landslides
AFP, Published on 31/12/2014
» MANILA - The death toll from flooding and landslides in the Philippines wrought by tropical storm Jangmi rose to 53 Wednesday, officials said, with some regions saying they were caught off guard by the deluge.
Philippine storm death toll at 30
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» MANILA - At least 30 people were killed in landslides and flash floods as tropical storm Jangmi slowly crossed the southern and central Philippines, dumping heavy rain for a second day on Tuesday, officials said.
Philippine storm death toll jumps to 30
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» At least 30 people were killed in landslides and flash floods as tropical storm Jangmi slowly crossed the southern and central Philippines, dumping heavy rain for a second day on Tuesday, officials said.
Three dead, thousands flee as storm hits southern Philippines
AFP, Published on 29/12/2014
» Three people were killed, one is missing and thousands fled their homes as a tropical storm battered the southern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain, officials said Monday.
Year in Review
Asia focus, Published on 29/12/2014
» Asia rose to new heights in 2014 despite the many challenges that beset the region. Headline-making developments ranged from China dethroning the United States as the world's largest economy, subject to vigorous debate as that may be, to the tragic mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Second Christmas in ruins in Philippine disaster zone
AFP, Published on 25/12/2014
» TACLOBAN (PHILIPPINES) - Thousands of residents of the typhoon-weary city of Tacloban in the mainly Catholic Philippines prepared Wednesday to mark their second Christmas in ruins following two giant storms.
UN praises SE Asia flood prevention
dpa, Published on 23/12/2014
» ROME — Ten years on from the devastating tsunami of 2004, Southeast Asian nations have made "impressive" strides in natural-disaster prevention, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization says.
Lives of danger, poverty on Philippines' typhoon coast
AFP, Published on 20/12/2014
» TAFT (PHILIPPINES) - Life is a constant throw of the dice for farmer Nilo Dilao and other residents of the Philippine island of Samar, the ground zero for many of East Asia's deadliest storms.