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1.5°C warming limit without major action impossible: UN
A new climate change report out Thursday shows that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will be impossible without...
Typhoon Kiko weakens over Batanes waters
Typhoon Kiko continued to weaken as it moved over the waters off Itbayat, Batanes, the state weather bureau reported Saturday...
New Orleans flood defenses hold, 16 years after Katrina failure
New Orleans, still scarred by the devastation wrought 16 years ago by Hurricane Katrina, held its breath as Ida bore...
Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana as Category 3 storm
Hurricane Ida battered southern Louisiana Sunday, 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern US city...
Evacuations, fear as ‘Ida’ nears US Gulf
New Orleans—Owners were boarding up their shops and evacuations were underway Saturday as Hurricane Ida was on a path to...
Earthquake, storm and floods: no relief in sight for Haiti as toll rises
The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation's civil protection...
2 LPAs, habagat bring rains to Luzon
Two low pressure areas (LPAs) have been triggering rains in Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon, the state weather...
Turn rainy days into rainy yays with Home Credit’s top tips (and 0% interest deals)
It always seems to happen when you least expect (or want) it. Just as you’re ready to go out of...
3 dead, 5 hurt in wake of Fabian, heavy rains
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Sunday reported three deaths and five injuries due to incessant...
Still standing
Huge Waves from Manila Bay batter houses along the breakwater in Naic, Cavite on Sunday, July 25, 2021, as the...
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