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Filipino Times
6 days ago
- Climate
- Filipino Times
Death toll from habagat and tropical cyclones rises to 25 — NDRRMC
The combined impact of the southwest monsoon (habagat) and three tropical cyclones has claimed at least 25 lives as of 6 a.m. Friday, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Of the total fatalities, three have been confirmed, one each in Central Luzon, Northern Mindanao, and the Caraga region. The remaining 22 reported deaths are still being validated by authorities. These include: • 9 in the National Capital Region (NCR) • 3 in Calabarzon • 3 in Western Visayas • 3 in the Negros Island Region • 2 in Northern Mindanao • 1 in Mimaropa • 1 in the Davao Region Meanwhile, eight people have been reported missing. The NDRRMC confirmed three of them: two from Western Visayas and one from Central Luzon. The five others are still under verification, two each in NCR and Calabarzon, and one in Western Visayas. The NDRRMC also reported that over 3.84 million individuals, or 1.06 million families, have been affected by heavy rains and widespread flooding brought about by the intensified southwest monsoon and the recent weather disturbances. The casualties occurred during the onslaught of the habagat and three tropical cyclones namely Severe Tropical Storm Crising (Wipha), Tropical Storm Dante (Francisco), and Typhoon Emong (Co-May). Crising and Dante did not make landfall but still brought significant rains before exiting the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Typhoon Emong, however, made landfall in Agno, Pangasinan late Thursday night.
GMA Network
23-07-2025
- Climate
- GMA Network
LIST: Areas under state of calamity due to monsoon, storms as of July 23, 2025
The combined effects of the Southwest Monsoon, or habagat, and recent storms affected over a million people due to severe flooding, causing several local governments to declare a state of calamity. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as of 6 a.m. on July 23, 2025, a total of 1,412,845 individuals have been affected by days of heavy rains and flooding brought by the Southwest Monsoon, the recent Severe Tropical Storm #Crising, and other weather systems. There are currently 537 evacuation centers sheltering 77,108 evacuees, while 64,597 people are staying outside evacuation centers. At least 3,292 individuals were evacuated preemptively. Widespread flooding and damage have rendered 55 roads and 8 bridges impassable, and 20 seaports are temporarily non-operational. The estimated damage to agriculture has reached P142.96 million, while infrastructure damage has climbed to P562.39 million. At least 1,280 houses were damaged partially and 362 homes were destroyed. The following areas have declared a state of calamity: NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION Quezon City Manila Malabon City ILOCOS REGION Pangasinan Dagupan City Calasiao Umingan CENTRAL LUZON Bulacan Balagtas Calumpit CALABARZON Cavite (province-wide) Rizal Cainta MIMAROPA Palawan Roxas CENTRAL VISAYAS Cebu Cebu City WESTERN VISAYAS Antique Barbaza Sebaste A declaration of a state of calamity allows local governments to release emergency funds faster, control the price of basic goods, and make access to aid and recovery services easier.
GMA Network
20-07-2025
- Climate
- GMA Network
5 national roads still impassable due to Crising, Habagat
Five national roads are still impassable due to the effects of Severe Tropical Storm Crising and the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat), the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Sunday. Speaking on Super Radyo dzBB, DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said most of the impassable road sections are in the Cordillera Administrative Region. This includes Kennon Road that links Baguio City to Rosario, Pangasinan, where a boulder rolled down a mountain, killing a pet dog before smashing a parked car. 'More or less, mula July 17 hanggang kahapon, ang report sa atin ay 13 national roads were rendered unpassable, walo na ang cleared kahapon,' Bonoan said. (From July 17 to yesterday, 13 national roads were reported impassable, and eight have since been cleared.) 'Hindi naman gaano malalaki 'yung sira na sinabi sa akin (the damage was not that serious). I am hoping that by today or tomorrow, passable na ang mga kalsada,' he added. No bridges were reported damaged due to the inclement weather, Bonoan said. Meanwhile, the Manila North Road and Cagayan Valley Road are now passable. In a separate dzBB interview, Batanes Governor Ronald Aguto Jr. said Crising did not have a significant effect on the country's northernmost province. 'Walang masyadong ulan dito noong bagyong Crising. Nakahanda naman ang lahat kaya walang kailangang i-preemptive evacuate,' Aguto said. (There was little rain here during Crising. Everyone was prepared, so there was no need for any preemptive evacuation.) Currently, Aguto said the weather in Batanes is calm. 'Kalmado na ang panahon dito. Medyo maulap nang kaunti pero sa awa ng Diyos, maganda na ang panahon,' he said. (The weather here is now calm. It's still a bit cloudy, but by God's grace, the weather has improved.) The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council earlier reported that three people died while another three were injured due to the effects of Crising and the Habagat. The report also showed that a total of 370,289 individuals, or 120,008 families, were affected by Crising, which exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday. — RF, GMA Integrated News
The Star
20-07-2025
- Climate
- The Star
Thousands reel from wide Severe Tropical Storm Crising impact in Philippines
MANILA: Expect heavy rains to persist in parts of the country until Tuesday next week due to the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm Crising (international name: Wipha) and the southwest monsoon ('habagat'), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Saturday (July 19). Crising has left a trail of destruction with four individuals reported missing, at least three injured, and more than 100,000 others affected, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported. In its latest situational report posted on Saturday evening, the NDRRMC said the four missing persons were from Western Visayas, while the three injured were from Soccsksargen. Landslides and flooded roads were reported across the country with several areas in Western Visayas pushing for the declaration of a state of calamity. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released more than P4.1 million worth of humanitarian assistance to the affected families. PAR exit DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said this was only part of the government's initial aid consisting of family food packs and nonfood items. Crising intensified into a severe tropical storm and exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Saturday morning, but Pagasa said the cyclone could still affect the country and influence the southwest monsoon. On Saturday afternoon, the weather bureau raised the orange rainfall warning over Metro Manila. In its 5pm bulletin, Pagasa said Crising has maintained its strength while moving away from the country's landmass. The center of the storm was last spotted 345 kilometers west of Itbayat, Batanes, outside PAR. Rains induced by Crising flood the streets and displace thousands in Metro Manila on Saturday. In Quezon City, Banawe Street goes underwater while an evacuation center takes in families at Amoranto Stadium. - Photo: Grig C. Montegrande, Robert Jaworski Abaño Thousands displaced It was forecast to 'continue to intensify and may reach typhoon category prior to close approach to Hong Kong.' The NDRRMC said Crising affected a total of 105,313 individuals, or 39,931 families in 546 barangays; around 14,935 individuals were staying in evacuation centers, while over 7,410 others sought shelter elsewhere. The agency also reported 34 roads and four bridges rendered impassable across the Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccsksargen, and Cordillera Administrative Region. Meanwhile, 41 roads and three bridges were also affected but not entirely impassable. Incidents of flooding, fallen trees, landslides, and destructive winds were also recorded in affected areas spanning across the Ilocos region, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccsksargen, Caraga, the National Capital Region, and the Negros Island Region. Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said localities in the fifth and sixth districts in the province's southern part were the worst-hit areas. Mayor Benjie Miranda of Kabankalan City said he was recommending the declaration of a state of calamity for his city to enable the local government to release crucial funds to aid affected residents. Binalbagan town was also set to declare a state of calamity. Workers dismantle a toppled electrical post in Quezon city, Philippines due to torrential winds and rain as Tropical Storm Wipha, locally called Crising, exits the northern portion of country on Saturday, July 19, 2025. - Photo: AP Stranded travellers In Quezon City, the northbound lane of Katipunan Avenue near the Ateneo de Manila University was closed to motorists after a utility pole fell onto several cars around 11.20am, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said in a social media post. A billboard, meanwhile, fell onto two cars on the southbound lane of Katipunan Avenue also near Ateneo. Crising also left hundreds of travelers stranded in ports across the country. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported that 1,280 passengers, truck drivers, and cargo helpers were stranded in 42 ports as of Saturday morning. 'We only found out that all sea travel was canceled when we went to the port before noon yesterday. The ticketing office was closed, and there were no officials assisting anyone, so we had to figure everything out on our own,' Ella Laguna, one of the stranded passengers in the Siquijor port, told the Inquirer. Landslides The Philippine Ports Authority suspended trips in affected areas following the PCG's implementation of a no-sail policy during inclement weather. In La Union, 209 families, or 692 individuals, from 17 villages were displaced, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported. It also recorded 14 weather-related incidents in the towns of Bacnotan, Bauang, Bagulin, Caba, Santo Tomas, and San Fernando City. These incidents included minor landslides, falling trees, and flooded areas, but no casualties were reported. In the Cordillera, three key arteries traversing Calanasan town in Apayao province were shut down by landslides and by high river water, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways. Soil collapse has cut access through three sections of the Claveria-Calanasan-Kabugao road along barangays Eva, Namaltugan and Ninoy in Calanasan. At the Apayao-Ilocos Norte Road, erosions and a 'washed out detour road' at an ongoing construction of the Annaran Bridge that crosses Madalagundug River also in Calanasan were being cleared as of noontime. In Baguio City, Kennon Road remained closed on Saturday because of intermittent rock slides, while parts of the summer capital experienced power supply cuts triggered by fallen trees. In Benguet province, rescue workers were dealing with a road slip along the Governor Bado Dangwa National Road traversing Kapangan town. Ipo, Angat dams In Bulacan, officials alerted residents living in low-lying areas of possible surges of their rivers after the Ipo dam on Saturday breached its spilling level and started to discharge waters. Manuel Kukban Jr., head of the Bulacan PDRRMO, said that at 3pm, Ipo Dam started to release 103.25 cubic meter per second of volume of water after it's elevation reached 101.56 meters, breaching its 101-meter spilling level. The PDRRMO has earlier issued an alert for river surges in Baliwag and the municipalities of Norzagaray, Angat, Bustos, San Rafael, Plaridel, Pulilan, Calumpit, Hagonoy and Paombong. Angat Dam's level also rose due to the heavy downpour from 191.88 meters above sea level on Friday to 192.10 masl on Saturday. However, it was still 22 meters below the 214.00 masl high water elevation. In Baguio City, a massive boulder broke loose from a mountainside and rolled down onto a house and a parked car along Kennon Road in Barangay Camp 7, authorities said. According to the Baguio City Public Information Office, citing reports from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, the boulder crushed the house and vehicle but no occupants were hurt as they had evacuated earlier. But emergency responders said a pet dog, an exotic bully breed, was killed when the boulder hit the residence. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
NHK
14-07-2025
- Climate
- NHK
Severe Tropical Storm Nari to approach eastern, northern Japan, landfall feared
Japanese weather officials say a severe tropical storm is forecast to approach eastern and northern Japan and could make landfall sometime between Monday and Tuesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency says Severe Tropical Storm Nari is traveling north at 35 kilometers per hour as of 10 a.m. over waters 170 kilometers south-southeast of Choshi City in Chiba Prefecture. It has a central atmospheric pressure of 985 hectopascals and is packing winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour near its center, with gusts of up to 126 kilometers per hour. Strong winds of over 54 kilometers per hour are blowing within 440 kilometers on its eastern side and 220 kilometers on its western side. The officials say waves are high in the Ogasawara Islands, located south of central Tokyo. They say the severe tropical storm is expected to move north as it develops and likely pass east of the Kanto region by Monday night before moving off the coast of Sanriku. The officials say it will then travel to the Hokkaido region, in northern Japan on Tuesday and turn into an extratropical low pressure system. The weather officials warn that, on Tuesday, the severe tropical storm will approach the Pacific side of eastern and northern Japan and is expected to make landfall. They say they expect strong winds to blow in northern Japan. On Monday, winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour are expected in the Tohoku and Kanto regions, and 64.8 kilometers per hour in the Izu Islands, with maximum gusts reaching an hourly speed of 126 kilometers in the Tohoku and Kanto, and 90 kilometers in the Izu Islands. Meanwhile, the meteorological agency says rainclouds have been developing mainly over western Japan, due partly to the impact of a tropical depression near Kyushu. The agency warns that bands of heavy rain clouds are expected to form especially in the Tokai region from Monday night through Tuesday before noon. It says the danger of water-triggered disasters could rapidly increase, and is urging caution for flooding in low-lying areas and landslides. The agency says warm and moist air is flowing into the tropical depression west of Kyushu and a low pressure system over the Tsushima Strait, and rainclouds are forming in the Kyushu and Shikoku regions. In the hour through 8 a.m. on Monday, extremely heavy rain of 52 millimeters fell in the town of Ino in Kochi Prefecture, and 32 millimeters in Tamana City in Kumamoto Prefecture. The agency says the tropical depression is expected to gradually weaken, and the low pressure system is forecast to travel north over the Sea of Japan. It says that atmospheric conditions are expected to become extremely unstable by Wednesday in western and eastern Japan. It says extremely heavy rain is expected with localized downpours including thunder and lightning. The amount of rain expected in the 24 hours through Tuesday morning is up to 200 millimeters in the Tokai and Shikoku regions, 180 millimeters in the Kinki region, 80 millimeters in the Chugoku and southern Kyushu regions. In the 24 hours through Wednesday morning, up to 150 millimeters are forecast in the Tokai region. In the following 24 hours through Thursday morning, 200 millimeters are likely in the Tokai region. The agency is urging caution for landslides, flooding in low-lying areas and swollen rivers. It also calls on people to be on the alert for lightning and gusts, including tornado, and hails. The agency warns that the weather situation could deteriorate during the night.
