Singapore News - A Punggol resident found himself pinned in the driver's seat by a tree that fell on his car on Sunday afternoon (Feb 20). During a thunderstorm at around 3pm, the tree at Block 289C Punggol Place fell and crashed through a shelter just as Mr Gary Gong, 54, was about to turn. Read more at www.tnp.sg
'ODETTE' AFTERMATH. Motorists are seen passing beneath a utility pole along Sabellano St., Kinasang-an in Cebu City which was felled by Typhoon Odette that struck Cebu province on Thursday night (Dec. 16, 2021). On Monday, the Visayan Electric Co., Metro Cebu's main power distribution firm, said it has so far energized Cebu City's "lifeline" areas such as hospitals and water pump stations. (PNA photo by John Rey Saavedra) CEBU CITY - The Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (VECO) said it has energized the city's major lifeline areas to light up hospital zones and water pumping stations using 18 megawatts (MW) of power supply days after the major outages caused by Typhoon Odette. In a statement on Monday, the firm said power is back in a portion of V. Rama Avenue and B. Rodriguez Street, where the regional hospital Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) is situated. The supply came from the Cebu Private Power Corporation (CPPC). "We would like to emp
Roughly 400 linemen and other employees are working round the clock to restore power in Colorado Springs following extensive damage to utility poles during the wind storm on Wednesday.