The state weather bureau PAG-ASA warned that the dry spell episode will likely to be felt in June, bringing drier conditions and decreased rainfall in the country.
Raising awareness, action and accountability of government on disaster response were stressed in a summit on climate change attended by some 100 journalists all over Mindanao.
A so-called sheet flooding Wednesday morning surprised commuters and residents here after an inland waterway of a banana plantation overflowed due to heavy downpour this week.
The Talaingod Manobos highlighted an Earth Day protest rally here where they slammed government agencies for allowing the entry of five mining companies into their homeland in Davao del Norte.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that at 4:00 AM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) spotted off 1,010 km East of Guiuan, Eastern Samar (10.5ºN, 136.0ºE) may develop into a tropical cyclone.
A total of 1, 302 individuals or 72 families displaced and later rescued by disaster unit teams after intense torrential rains in upland Sto. Tomas caused an unexpected deluged last April 20 as the whole nation celebrated the last day of Paschal triduum— Easter Sunday.
Around 344 individuals from nine villages were displaced and later evacuated in an elementary school in this city after last night’ deluged due to heavy down pour of torrential rains.
Heavy rains brought about by the Low Pressure Area (LPA) formerly Tropical Depression Domeng has flooded residential areas in this city Thursday evening, an official said.
Marbel Bishop Dinualdo D. Gutierrez told DavaoToday that “the prelates of Mindanao are hoping that President Aquino will now heed our calls to stop the Tampakan project, discerning on the protection and preservation of the environment and the life of the Lumad inhabitants in South Cotabato.”
Heavy rains brought by a low pressure area (LPA) spotted east of Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur Wednesday caused major rivers in Davao del Norte to swell and displaced 158 families in the town of Asuncion.
