By Rob Miller, Senior Meteorologist Sep 30, 2011; 8:49 AM ET A satellite image of Nesat taken Friday morning, Eastern Time. This image is courtesy of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center. After a long and deadly jou...

By Eric Leister, Meteorologist Jun 25, 2011; 12:05 PM ET T.S. Meari on June 25, 2011 (Japan Meteorological Agency image). Saturday, Tropical Storm Meari and the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Haima were located just east of Shanghai, China, and ov...

Three persons  were crushed to death by a   palm tree, locally known as buli,  which fell on two houses in sitio Kalubihan, barangay Labogon, Mandaue City,  shortly after midnight. The fatalities were identified as  Romeo Dimpas, 44,  and his wife Teresa, 45,  and a neighbor   Richard Herodiaz, 27. The  5-ton ...

BATANGAS CITY—The municipal council of Bauan in Batangas declared a state of calamity to immediately address the needs of residents in eight villages swamped by floodwaters on June 9. Municipal administrator Antonio de Lacy Jr. said by phone on Sunday that Friday’s declaration would enable the local government to release ...

A Catholic bishop and Maguindanao officials called on President Benigno Aquino III on Sunday to help unclog the Rio Grande de Mindanao.

Published: Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 15:37 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA JPL/Ed Olsen The low pressure system that has been bringing rainfall to the northwestern Philippines has strengthened into the fifth tropical d...

A HEAVY downpour caused a portion of the 200-meter riprap to collapse in the Mahiga Creek n sitio San Isidro II, barangay Mabolo, in Cebu City, last Friday. With this, the Cebu City Disaster Coordinating Council (CCDC) said it was timely that workers had demolished  illegal dwellings there earlier in ...

THE Sunday Times Magazine meets the Top 10 finalists By Ed Uy Staff Writer If the fate of the environment were left in the hands of the candidates for Miss Philippines-Earth, then it would be left in some very beautiful and passionate hands. Besides, if these ladies were the ones ...

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist May 30, 2011; 10:50 AM ET Songda was an exceptionally powerful typhoon last week, when it menaced the Philippines, Taiwan and Okinawa. At the height of its life cycle on May 26, Songda held super-typhoon stat...

MANILA, Philippines—The Las Piñas-Parañaque Coastal Lagoon—eyed to be reclaimed by authorities—not only serves as a stop for migratory birds but also supports the lives of families in the area who turn to it for livelihood and protection. The 175-hectare lagoon, which serves as home to endangered Philippine ducks and a ...

TUBA, Benguet, Philippines—A heavy downpour ushering the start of the rainy season caused a pocket mine tunnel in Barangay Camp 4 here to collapse on Friday, killing a small-scale miner and injuring two of his companions, reports from the Office of Civil Defense in the Cordillera showed. The OCD Cordillera ...

BAGUIO, Philippines—The death toll from Typhoon Chedeng (Songda) rose to three on Saturday as rescuers retrieved the body of a miner trapped in a flooded tunnel, officials said. A 24-hour rescue effort near the northern town of Tuba failed to save the miner, who was trapped when rainwater brought by ...

MANILA, Philippines – Rain caused by the southwest monsoon flooded parts of metro Manila this Saturday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said. As of 9:00 a.m., Lascano and Tugatog Streets and Letre Road area in Malabon City are not passable to light vehicles after it recorded knee-deep level or 19 ...

MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon “Chedeng” (international name: Songda) has gained strength and is moving towards Japan, the state-run weather bureau said. In its latest weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that Chedeng was seen 250 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City and is now packing ...

Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 16:33 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA/SSAI, Hal Pierce As predicted, Typhoon Songda intensified and was a super typhoon with wind speeds estimated at over 130 knots ( ~145 mph) when...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist May 26, 2011; 8:33 AM ET Sattelite image courtesy of the Joint Typhoon Center. Songda strengthened Thursday, reaching super typhoon status with sustained winds of 160 mph and gusts to 195 mph just no...

MANILA, Philippines – Thousands of people along the eastern Philippine coastline were moving to temporary shelters Thursday as a powerful typhoon packing strong winds and plenty of rain roared toward the country's northeast. Typhoon Songda was not e...

Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 09:35 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) NASA JPL, Ed Olsen Songda is now a typhoon in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean as it continues tracking parallel to the eastern coast of Luzon, Phili...