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Wutip was a tropical storm in the Gulf of Tonkin Friday evening China Standard Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in ...
As heavy rains begin to soak the country this June, Filipinos now have a powerful ally in flood preparedness: the University ...
The World Bank’s 2025 report outlines how governments can partner with the private sector to build climate-resilient railways ...
A new report by U.N. experts on the criminal drug trade says the illicit trade in methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs is growing by leaps and bounds in Southeast Asia. It notes record levels ...
University of the Philippines (UP) scientists developed an impact-based ... and 100-year rain return flood hazard maps, which show areas prone to severe flooding through historical data. Funded by the ...
The Philippines is no stranger to flooding ... based on accumulated rainfall forecasts (predicted total rainfall) and 100-year rain return flood hazard maps, which are maps showing areas prone to ...
Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs. The revised map ...
The Cagayan de Oro flood control project, largely funded by a 5.01 billion peso ($85 million) loan from Japan, is part of the Philippines’ infrastructure borrowing spree from 2014 to 2023.
of which P214.08 million covered recently completed flood structures in Oriental Mindoro. The President likewise instructed the DENR and the Department of the Interior and Local Government to ...
Marcos also directed the DILG and the DENR to encourage local government units (LGUs) to use the geohazard maps of the DENR-Mines and Geosciences Bureau in identifying landslide-prone and flood-prone ...
In the wake of the unfortunate event, the DENR released a list of barangays prone to landslide, flood, and storm surges based on the DENR-MGB geohazard map. “The good news ... government agencies such ...