Overall Green alert Flood
in Philippines

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103181
Death: 1
Displaced: 11460
Countries: Philippines
From - To 19 Mar - 11 Apr

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Philippines - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 30 Mar 2025)Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:27

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting most of the Eastern Visayas region, central-eastern Philippines since 19 March, causing floods, flash floods and triggering landslides that have resulted in casualties and damage. 
  • Media report, as of 25 March, one fatality in the Llorente town, Eastern Samar province. In addition, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD DROMIC) reports, as of 24 March, more than 7,500 displaced people and a total of approximately 174,200 affected people across Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Northern Samar, and Leyte provinces.
  • Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole Eastern Visayas region.
Southern Philippines, Mid-April 2025Disaster authorities in the Philippines reported flooding in southern areas of the country after severe weather in mid-April 2025.Fri 11 Apr 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),