36 dead, 12 missing in Philippines typhoon

October 6th, 2009 UN appeals for $74M in flood aid to PhilippinesUNITED NATIONS — The United Nations appealed Tuesday for $74 million to help 1 million flood victims in the Philippines, which has been lashed by two major storms. U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said the appeal is seeking money for food, water, sanitation facilities, emergency shelter and health care for those worst affected by Tropical Storm Ketsana and Typhoon Parma.

October 4th, 2009 MANILA - At least 17 people were killed when a powerful typhoon pummelled the north-eastern Philippines, cutting off power and communication in at least five provinces, officials said Sunday. Authorities said damage reports were piling up after typhoon Parma swept through extreme northern provinces overnight.

October 3rd, 2009 2nd typhoon lashes northern PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Powerful winds toppled power poles and trees Saturday in the northern Philippines as the second typhoon in eight days bore down on the country. Farther north, Taiwan began evacuating villages also in the path of the storm.

October 3rd, 2009 MANILA - A powerful typhoon Saturday battered extreme northern Philippines with forceful winds and heavy rains, but spared the capital and surrounding areas still recovering from devastating floods. Typhoon Parma toppled trees and ripped off rooftops in Cagayan province, 405 km north of Manila, hours before it was set to make landfall in the town of Santa Ana Saturday evening.

October 2nd, 2009 MANILA - Hundreds of people were evacuated Friday as super typhoon Parma moved closer to the northern Philippines' main island of Luzon, less than a week after storm Ketsana wreaked havoc in the capital and outlying areas. Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said local officials in the northern provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga supervised the evacuation of residents living near river banks and low-lying areas that could be flooded when Parma hits the area on Saturday, as predicted.

September 30th, 2009 23 dead as Typhoon Ketsana roars into VietnamHANOI, Vietnam — Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph (144 kph), disaster officials said. Some 170,000 were evacuated from its path.

September 6th, 2009 MANILA - Twenty people were missing Monday after the vessel in which they were travelling sank off the coast of Eastern Samar province in the Philippines, media reports said. The Panama-registered vessel was carrying two South Koreans and 18 Filipinos at the time of the accident.

September 5th, 2009 ZAMBOANGA CITY - Four people drowned Sunday when a passenger ferry with 964 people aboard sank in the southern Philippines, leaving about 90 missing, officials said. The Superferry 9 sank hours after it tilted to the right by 40 degrees off Siocon town in Zamboanga del Norte province, 810 km south of Manila, navy spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Edgard Arevalo said.

August 14th, 2009 Typhoon disrupts Asia Internet, telephone serviceTAIPEI, Taiwan — Seabed movements believed caused by Typhoon Morakat damaged seven undersea cables linking Asian nations, disrupting Internet and telephone services, a Taiwanese telephone company said Friday. Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom, which jointly operates four cables in the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, said service has been slow since the typhoon pummeled Taiwan last weekend.

August 9th, 2009 Typhoon forces evacuation of 1 million ChineseBEIJING —Typhoon Morakot slammed into China's east coast Sunday just hours after nearly 1 million people evacuated the area. It earlier lashed Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the island's worst flooding in 50 years and left dozens missing and feared dead.

July 10th, 2009 Philippines' most active volcano restive againMANILA, Philippines — Scientists say the Philippines' most active volcano is rumbling again while emitting steam and a strong glow at the summit crater that can be seen with the naked eye. State volcanologists say the frequency of volcanic earthquakes has increased on Mayon signifying the possible movement of magma below the surface that could lead to ash explosions and eventually eruption.

May 8th, 2009 MANILA - At least 10 people have been killed after a typhoon hit the northern Philippine province of Pangasinan, officials said Friday. The Chan-Hom made landfall in the province Thursday night, killing at least 10 people and injuring 10 others, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said.

May 8th, 2009 MANILA - At least 18 people were killed in landslides and other accidents caused by a powerful typhoon that pummelled the northern Philippines, disaster relief officials said Friday. Six people were also reported missing and 10 injured in landslides in the northern provinces of Ifugao and Zambales, according to the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC).

May 8th, 2009 Typhoon weakens after killing 10 in PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — A powerful typhoon dumped heavy rains, triggered landslides and left at least 10 people dead and four missing in the northern Philippines, officials said Friday. Typhoon Cha-hom was packing maximum winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour when it made landfall overnight in Pangasinan province, north of Manila.

May 3rd, 2009 At least 11 dead as storm batters PhilippinesLEGAZPI, Philippines — A tropical storm set off landslides and swamped farmland in the northeastern Philippines, leaving at least 11 people dead and nine others missing, officials said Sunday. Rescuers recovered the bodies of nine people, including two children, from piles of mud and debris that cascaded into a coastal village from a mountain in Magallanes on Saturday, burying 12 houses as residents slept, regional disaster official Bernardo Alejandro said.