NEW BATAAN, Philippines The Philippine government's geological hazard maps show why this farming community was largely washed away by a strong typhoon: "highly susceptible to flooding and landslides." ...

A view of a 3D flood hazard map of Cagayan de Oro ... Last year alone, nearly 800 people were killed when Typhoon Bopha hit the Philippines. The Philippines ranked as the country third most ...

NASA scientists have used satellite images to create detailed maps of the devastation in the Philippines from Super Typhoon Haiyan ... and international hazard monitoring and response communities ...

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Satellite images can help rescue efforts following the typhoon that ravaged the Philippines ... hazard monitoring and response communities. NASA is making the map publicly ...

Typhoon lashes Philippines with 75mph winds [MAPS] Typhoons are intense, circular storms that form over warm tropical oceans, Britannica explains. They tend to bring low pressure, high wind and ...

When Typhoon Gaemi hit the country in ... The issue for countries like the Philippines is that building flood hazard maps is costly and resource-intensive. The United Nations says this type ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern ...

make parts of the Philippines vulnerable to disastrous landslides. It’s happened before, sometimes with even more calamitous results than Friday’s disaster in Leyte. A slide in typhoon season ...