More recently, the rainfall from Typhoon Gaemi (Carina in the Philippines ... exposure to flood risk within the communities ...

Cebu province in the Eastern Visayas lay in the direct path of the super Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) that struck the Philippines Friday. Like its heavily-affected neighboring ...

Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name ... people had been evacuated from towns and villages in the typhoon’s path, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

She said the damage "is reminiscent of, if not worse than, when Yolanda hit our province". More than 6,000 people died after that storm - also known as Typhoon Haiyan - hit the country in 2013.

A disaster preparedness official said on television Saturday that those in the path of Super Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi ... to mark the 11th anniversary of one of the most destructive typhoons in history, ...