Philippines: ChildFund Alliance Responds to Typhoon Nock-Ten in the Philippines

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:24:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

New York, NY, Jan. 10, 2017— Super Typhoon Nock-Ten (local name: Typhoon Nina) made landfall in the Philippines between Dec. 24 and 26, 2016, with winds up to 180 miles per hour. The typhoon left destruction in its wake, including many damaged roads, schools, houses and crops.

Rody to crucify officials liable for Yolanda foul-up

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:46:00 +0100thestandard-ph (en)

Speaking to typhoon-ravaged victims at New Hope Village in Tacloban City, Duterte once again gave a deadline of March 2017 to finish all housing targets after government agencies failed to meet his December 2016 target completion date. “January, February, Marchby then, you can now transfer [to your new homes,] I’ll return.

Comment l’obscurité glaciale a tué les dinosaures

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:54:00 +010024heures (fr)

Pourquoi les dinosaures, qui régnaient en maîtres sur la planète, ont-ils disparu de la surface de la Terre il y a 66 millions d’années? La question fascine autant les enfants que les chercheurs. Certes, aujourd’hui la plupart des scientifiques font le lien avec la mégacollision d’un astéroïde de....

Comment l’obscurité glaciale a tué les dinosaures

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:53:00 +0100tdg (fr)

Pourquoi les dinosaures, qui régnaient en maîtres sur la planète, ont-ils disparu de la surface de la Terre il y a 66 millions d’années? La question fascine autant les enfants que les chercheurs. Certes, aujourd’hui la plupart des scientifiques font le lien avec la mégacollision d’un astéroïde de....

Philippines: Philippines joins space race

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:15:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

MANILA, Jan 24 2017 (IPS) - The Philippines , a tiny developing country, has joined the colossal world of space technology, building its second microsatellite that it plans to launch late this year or in early 2018 — not to study other planets, but to monitor weather patterns and climate change to....

Singapore, Philippines and US militaries organise multinational disaster relief exercise

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 08:30:00 +0100channelnewsasia (en)

SINGAPORE: What happens when an active volcano erupts in the Philippines followed by a Category 5 typhoon striking the same area just five days later? That was the scenario presented to participants of a multinational drill called Exercise Coordinated Response (EX COORES), as they gathered in....

Philippines: LGUs in northern Davao Region declare state of calamity

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 04:54:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte Jan. 24 (PIA)LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS in northern Davao Region have declared state of calamities triggered by incessant raining for more than one week. Davao Oriental has already been declared under state of calamity in a special session that the Sangguniang Panlalawigan held at around 9:30 a.

Philippines Joins Space Race

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:27:00 +0100globalissues (en)

Located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a wide area in the Pacific Ocean with frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that makes it the fourth most disaster-prone nation in the world, according to the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Philippines can now benefit from its first....

Les dinosaures seraient morts de froid

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:12:00 +0100levif (fr)

La théorie dominante pour l'extinction de masse est celle d'un astéroïde d'une dizaine de kilomètres carrés qui aurait touché la terre dans la région du Yucatan au Mexique. La collision aurait provoqué un cratère de 180 km2 et dégagé une force de plusieurs milliards de fois supérieure à celle de la bombe atomique d'Hiroshima.

VIDEO. Philippines : le controversé président Rodrigo Duterte reçoit les 80 candidates de Miss Univers

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:27:00 +0100francetvinfo (fr)

Une excentricité de plus pour une personnalité sulfureuse. Le p résident de la République des Philippines , Rodrigo Duterte , accompagné de son épouse, a reçu les candidates de Miss Univers, lundi 23 janvier, dans son palais de Malacanang à Manille. Dans une courte allocution, le controversé chef....

Les dinosaures sont morts de froid

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:42:00 +0100LeMonde (fr)

VOUS l’avez peut-être apprise à l’école comme la frontière entre l’ère Secondaire et l’ère Tertiaire. Mais entre-temps les dénominations ont changé, le Secondaire et le Tertiaire ont disparu des nomenclatures géologiques et cette délimitation a été rebaptisée extinction Crétacé-Paléogène (ou extinction K-Pg, d’après les initiales allemandes).

L'actualité du 23 janvier 2017 en images

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:22:00 +0100arcinfo (fr)

1/13 - Kenya: un collier GPS est attaché à une lionne pour surveiller ses déplacements dans le parc national de Nairobi. Keystone 2/13 - Open d'Australie: Rafael Nadal et Gael Monfils se prennent dans les bras à l'issue du match qui les a opposés. Keystone 4/13 - Bruxelles: des agriculteurs....

Sri Lanka: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (17 - 23 January 2017)

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:40:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

SRI LANKA. As of 17 January, an estimated 644,000 people across eight provinces have been affected by drought and salt water intrusion over the past four months. Batticaloa District in Eastern province is the worst affected with 302,000 people experiencing the effects of drought.

Top Asian News 8:37 a.m. GMT

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:49:00 +0100news-yahoo-in (en)

NEW DELHI (AP) — The end is coming, though admittedly it may not look that way at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, when dozens of young Indians have arrived for morning classes at Anand Type, Shorthand and Keypunch College, and every battered Remington is clattering away.

Top Asian News 8:16 a.m. GMT

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:44:00 +0100news-yahoo (en)

NEW DELHI (AP) — The end is coming, though admittedly it may not look that way at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, when dozens of young Indians have arrived for morning classes at Anand Type, Shorthand and Keypunch College, and every battered Remington is clattering away.

Top Asian News 8:02 a.m. GMT

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:17:00 +0100news-yahoo-in (en)

NEW DELHI (AP) — The end is coming, though admittedly it may not look that way at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, when dozens of young Indians have arrived for morning classes at Anand Type, Shorthand and Keypunch College, and every battered Remington is clattering away.

Top Asian News 8:01 a.m. GMT

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:14:00 +0100news-yahoo (en)

NEW DELHI (AP) — The end is coming, though admittedly it may not look that way at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, when dozens of young Indians have arrived for morning classes at Anand Type, Shorthand and Keypunch College, and every battered Remington is clattering away.

WATCH: Screaming fans welcome Pia Wurtzbach in Palawan

Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:45:00 +0100abs-cbnnews (en)

Pia Wurtzbach, Miss Universe 2015, is in Palawan to visit a community that had been battered by super typhoon Yolanda. A post from ABS-CBN News' Dyan Castillejo Saturday afternoon showed Wurtzbach arriving in the coastal town of Maliwag in Coron. The beauty queen was accompanied by Miss Universe....

Disaster office installs warning signages

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:38:00 +0100sunstar (en)

THE City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) had installed warning signages to instill public awareness on the hazard prone areas of Zamboanga City. CDRRMO chief Elmeir Jade Apolinario said the installation of the signages was based on the geohazard map prepared by the Mines and....

The Day in Photos, 19 January 2017

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:56:00 +0100abs-cbnnews (en)

Traffic Crisis Act gets greenlight from House committee. Motorists experience heavy congestion along the EDSA-Kamuning area on Thursday morning. The House of Representatives' Transportation Committee has approved House Bill 4334, or the Traffic Crisis Act of 2016, which would grant the....

Una avalancha de lodo y rocas sepulta una docena de vehículos en Filipinas

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:47:00 +0100antena3noticias (es)

POR LAS INTENSAS LLUVIAS POR LAS INTENSAS LLUVIAS Una avalancha de lodo y rocas sepulta una docena de vehículos en Filipinas Un deslizamiento de tierra, lodo y rocas ha sepultado una docena de camiones en la localidad filipina de Cebu. La avalancha se ha registrado después de varios días de intensas lluvias.

Show goes on: 1974 Miss Universe pageant held amid typhoon

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:52:00 +0100abs-cbnnews (en)

MANILA -- A typhoon did not stop the Philippines from hosting the 1974 Miss Universe pageant. Typhoon Iliang (international name: Ivy) was battering the northern part of Luzon while the contestants of the beauty pageant were participating in the event.

DP World joins UN-led humanitarian efforts

Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:20:00 +0100tradearabia (en)

Dubai-based global marine terminal operator DP World will provide pro bono expertise and resources to help the humanitarian community respond to major disasters after joining leading logistics and transport companies to become part of the Logistics Emergency Teams (LET).

Philippines: Red Cross helps communities prevent water-borne diseases using surveillance mechanism

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:28:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

By MJ Evalarosa, IFRC. The Philippine Red Cross, together with the state health department, and with support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), recently rolled out an orientation on the Surveillance in Post Extreme Emergencies and Disaster (SPEED) programme.

DP World joins united nations led partnership to support humanitarian disaster relief

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 10:53:00 +0100albawaba-en (en)

DP World will team up with the initial LET partners Agility, Maersk and UPS, and will be called on by the Logistics Cluster, led by the United Nations’ World Food Programme to support immediate relief efforts in the aftermath of major natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms and floods.

Putting a smile on kids’ faces with comic acts

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 06:22:00 +0100thehindu (en)

Get ready for a laugh riot in the coming week. ‘Clowns without Borders’ are here from France to put a smile on your face. The clowns, who made their first visit in 2006 to the tsunami-affected areas, have been making their annual visits to Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.

Philippines: Philippines: Typhoon Nock-Ten Emergency appeal operation update n° 1 (MDRPH023)

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 05:54:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Reporting period : 25 Dec 2016 to 13 Jan 2017. Operation timeframe : 29 Dec 2016 to 30 Sep 2017. Appeal budget : CHF 1,600,392. N° of people targeted : 20,000 (4,000 families) N° of people assisted : 6,200 (1,400 families) Appeal History 25 December 2016: Typhoon Nock-Ten makes landfall in....

Putting a smile on kids’ faces with comic acts

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 05:37:00 +0100Hindu (en)

Get ready for a laugh riot in the coming week. ‘Clowns without Borders’ are here from France to put a smile on your face. The clowns, who made their first visit in 2006 to the tsunami-affected areas, have been making their annual visits to Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.

Philippines: Typhoon Nock-Ten (Nina) Who is Doing What and Where as of 16 January 2017

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 02:29:00 +0100humanitarianresponse (en)

. Philippines : Typhoon Nock-Ten (Nina) Who is Doing What and Where as of 16 January 2017. is provided by UN OCHA to support humanitarian operations globally.

Four Dead, 7,000 Evacuated in Floods in Southern Philippines

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 02:28:00 +0100laht (en)

MANILA – Four people have died and more than 7,000 have been evacuated due to floods in the northern region of Mindanao, an island in the southern Philippines , leading authorities to declare a state of natural disaster, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said on Tuesday.

These Are the Biggest Global Risks for 2017

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 22:43:00 +0100bloomberg (en)

Devastating hurricanes and earthquakes have shown they can disrupt major economies from the U.S. to China and Japan. Last year, Hurricane Matthew killed hundreds of people in Haiti, while Typhoon Meranti cut a swathe through the Philippines , Taiwan and China, causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage.

Philippines: Typhoon Nona Consultant

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 21:59:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is seeking independent consultant to conduct a final evaluation on relief and recovery interventions for Typhoon Nona operation, undertaken by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). The evaluation will specifically look at the....

Philippines: des voitures prises par les eaux dans...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 21:02:00 +0100bfmtv (fr)

Philippines : des voitures prises par les eaux dans des inondations La ville de Cagayán de Oroj, la capitale de la province du Misamis oriental aux Philippines, a été inondée en plein centre-ville, ce lundi. Les conducteurs ont dû abandonner leur véhicule.

Avalanche Canada warns of dangerous snow conditions

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:36:00 +0100cknw (en)

A word of caution for skiiers and snowboarders who may be thinking of enjoying the snow on the North Shore mountains. Avalanche Canada is sending out warnings for the area. Forecasting Program Supervisor James Floyer says the warm air flow coming from the Philippines makes the North Shore Mountains more vulnerable.

Floods force thousands to flee in Philippines

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:32:00 +0100gulfnews (en)

Manila: Thousands of families in Northern Mindanao and Eastern Visayas remain underwater after flash floods spawned by continuous rains struck several areas including Cagayan de Oro. According to the state weather bureau, PAGASA, a tail-end of a cold front and a low pressure area hovering over....

Avalanche Canada warns dangerous snow conditions

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:35:00 +0100cknw (en)

Skiers and snowboarders might want to rethink any plans of sliding down local mountains. Avalanche Canada is sending warnings for the North Shore Mountains. Forecasting Program Supervisor James Floyer says the warm air flow coming from the Philippines makes the North Shore Mountains more vulnerable for avalanches.

7 dead in VisMin due to floods, landslides

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 10:28:00 +0100sunstar (en)

CEBU CITY -- Seven persons died as floods and landslides spawned by a low pressure area (LPA) and the tail-end of a cold front hit parts of the Visayas and Mindanao Monday. State weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the LPA has....

Philippines: Local aid group helping in Bicol typhoon relief efforts

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 01:27:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

By Ana-Liza S. Macatangay. NAGA CITY, Jan. 15 (PIA)—“I am thankful to all of you for the big help you have extended to us. Our house was totally destroyed and our things were all soaked in water. Now, we can put something to shelter us.” These were the simple words of Margie San Juan, a mother of 5....

Philippines: WFP Philippines Country Brief, December 2016

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:15:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Highlights WFP supported the Government of the Philippines in its humanitarian response following Typhoon NockTen through logistics assistance. WFP reached 130,400 people in Mindanao to improve their food security. Operational Updates WFP provided assistance to 130,400 individuals in Mindanao to enhance their resilience.

conflict analysis

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:13:00 +0100avhandlingar (en)

Sammanfattning : Many of the most destructive natural disasters have taken place in situations characterized by armed conflict and insecurity: the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia in 2004, the floods in Pakistan in 2011, the drought in Somalia in 2011 and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013.

Météo France - Une saison cyclonique 2016-2017 "au point mort"

Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:26:00 +0100ipreunion (fr)

Nous arrivons à la mi-janvier et cela fait maintenant plus de trois mois que le bassin du Sud-Ouest de l'océan Indien n'a pas connu la moindre activité cyclonique, une situation évidemment très inhabituelle, quoique pas sans précédent. La fin des années 1990 avait ainsi été marquée par deux saisons....

DSWD chief inspects shelter project in Tacloban City

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 06:23:00 +0100sunstar (en)

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy Taguiwalo inspected Thursday, January 12, the progress of the DSWD-assisted housing project for Typhoon Yolanda survivors at the Pope Francis village in Barangay Diit, Tacloban City.

Malampaya outage estimate upgraded to 2,170 MW

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:28:00 +0100bworldcom (en)

Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella told reporters that 2,170 megawatts (MW) will be non-operational during the 20-day maintenance period of Malampaya. This is slightly higher from the initially expected outage of 1,850 MW. “The good news is Avion could run also on diesel, so it can deliver,” he said in a media briefing yesterday.

Institute to study typhoons using uncrewed aircraft

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:56:00 +0100taipeitimes (en)

The Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute on Wednesday unveiled its Small Uncrewed Aircraft System to be used in the institute’s typhoon research program later this year. The institute displayed one of its six uncrewed aerial vehicles purchased from Australia in 2015 at prices varying between NT$2.

Philippines: DSWD to release over P513M in emergency shelter aid for families rendered homeless by ‘Nina’

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:42:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to release P513,722,930 anytime soon as an initial funding for its Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) for households whose houses were partially and totally damaged by Typhoon Nina. The typhoon displaced thousands of families and damaged....

System to bring rare early rains

Thu, 12 Jan 2017 01:46:00 +0100phnompenhpost (en)

A low-pressure system stemming from a tropical storm that started in the Philippines is expected to bring rainfall across 10 Cambodian provinces later this week – an exceedingly rare occurrence this early in the year, meteorology officials said yesterday.

Taiwan launches unmanned aircraft for typhoon research

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 19:23:00 +0100ChinaPost (en)

TAIPEI -- The Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute (TTFRI) under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs) unveiled for the first time Wednesday its Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) to be used as part of the institute's typhoon research program later this year.

7.3-Magnitude Quake Hits Philippines

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:28:00 +0100ibtimes (en)

UPDATE: 3:48 a.m. EST – The 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck under the Celebes Sea off southern Philippines on Tuesday was far too deep to cause any damage and casualties or generate a tsunami, authorities reportedly said. Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology....

Taiwan launches unmanned aircraft for typhoon research

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:35:00 +0100focustaiwan (en)

Taipei, Jan. 11 (CNA) The Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute (TTFRI) under the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs) unveiled for the first time Wednesday its Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) to be used as part of the institute's typhoon research program later this year.

Undersea earthquake of 7.3 magnitude hits southeast of Philippines

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 05:32:00 +0100omanobserver-om (en)

A major undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck southeast of the Philippines on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was measured at a depth of 617 km (380 miles), the USGS said. Reuters. About the author Oman Daily Observer is the Sulatante's leading and first....

Filipinas se encuentra en el llamado Cinturón de Fuego del Pacífico, unas de las zonas del globo en la que se registra mayor actividad sísmica.

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 04:57:00 +0100panamaamerica (es)

Un sismo de magnitud 7,2 en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió el mar de Célebes, entre el sur de Filipinas y el norte de Indonesia, sin que se haya declarado alerta de tsunami. "Según la información registrada, no hay peligro de tsunami porque el sismo ha ocurrido a demasiada profundidad", indicó....

Un terremoto de 7.3 grados sacudió el mar entre Indonesia y Filipinas

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 01:20:00 +0100radionacional (es)

El epicentro del movimiento sísmico se ubicó en el mar de Célebes, a 188 kilómetros al sursureste de Tabiauan. Un terremoto de magnitud 7,3 grados de magnitud sacudió hoy el mar de Célebes, entre el sur de Filipinas y el norte de Indonesia, sin que se haya declarado alerta de tsunami.

Powerful Earthquake Strikes Celebes Sea

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 01:14:00 +0100laht (en)

MANILA – A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck on Tuesday Celebes Sea, between southern Philippines and northern Indonesia. “Based on all available data, there is no tsunami threat because the earthquake is located too deep inside the earth,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin.