COLLAPSED. Strong waves due to the southwest monsoon and enhanced by Tropical Storm Maring destroy the seawall in Barangay Poblacion, Sebaste, Antique on Tuesday. Punong Barangay Gregorio Bendol said Wednesday (Oct. 13, 2021) they temporarily evacuated families along the coastal area in their barangay.(Photo courtesy of LnB Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Strong waves brought about by the southwest monsoon and enhanced by Tropical Storm Maring have destroyed a seawall in the coastal municipality of Sebaste. The waves battered the seawall that finally gave way last night, Poblacion Punong Barangay Gregorio Bendol said in an interview Wednesday. "The seawall is about 100 meters in length and was constructed about five years ago," he said. Its construction was funded under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Following its collapse, he said they immediately evac
MARING'S RAMPAGE. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office in Agusan del Norte reports the evacuation of 660 families and the destruction of nine houses all worth PHP430,000 in the province caused by Tropical Storm Maring. The weather disturbance also destroyed 24 cottages all worth PHP480,000 in resorts in Cabadbaran City and Buenavista town. (Photo courtesy of PDRRMO Agusan del Norte) BUTUAN CITY - Around 660 families in Agusan del Norte have been affected when Tropical Storm Maring began lashing the province over the weekend. In an interview with the Philippine News Agency Tuesday, Erma Suyo, chief of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) in Agusan del Norte, said most of the affected families were residents in coastal barangays in different towns in the province. "Strong waves caused by TS Maring damaged some houses in our coastal areas. We also implemented preemptive evacuations among residents in these areas for safety,&quo
SEARCH. A search and rescue operation is ongoing for a missing 30-year-old woman swept away by strong river current in Badoc, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2021). The woman's three companions managed to swim back to the riverbank. (Photo courtesy of BFP Badoc) LAOAG CITY - Search and rescue teams have been searching for a woman who went missing after she was swept away by a strong river current in Badoc, Ilocos Norte. Marcel Tabije, head of the Provincial Resiliency Office, said in an interview Tuesday that the 30-year-old woman and her three companions were crossing the Lasien River in Barangay Nagrebcan when the carabao-drawn carriage they were riding on broke down. "Her three companions managed to swim to the riverbank but the woman was swept away by the strong current of the river," Tabije said. Members of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Badoc, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, and the Philippine Coast Guard have jo
SUBMERGED ISLAND. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan puts on a life vest prior to boarding a pump boat to verify a report that the entire Caubian Island is submerged in seawater on Monday (Oct. 11, 2021). The mayor said it was the first time that Caubian, the smallest and farthest island barrio in Lapu-Lapu City, was flooded with seawater. (Contributed photo) CEBU CITY - Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan on Monday announced his plan to evacuate more than 500 residents of Barangay Caubian after the whole islet went under seawater before dawn on Monday. Chan has sent food supplies to the affected residents of the city's smallest and farthest village. He said he received a message after midnight that houses were already submerged in seawater, with residents expressing fear for their safety. "It's the first time in history that seawater enters the houses of the island residents of Caubian. We need to check if they are still safe there or if there's a need to evacuate them to