Continuous rain in the southern part of the Philippines spawned by a low pressure area over Palawan has killed six and affected close to 4,000 persons, disaster authorities said Friday.

Nearly a hundred families were evacuated from their homes in Lanao del Norte province on Thursday after incessant rains flooded five villages and overflowed a river, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.

Residents of this town braced themselves for more floods as intermittent rains continued for a second straight day on Saturday, with many of them moving into an evacuation camp set up in the town center.

OZAMIZ CITY—Massive flooding spawned by about 10 hours of heavy rains since Thursday evening hit several areas of Misamis Occidental, including this city on Friday but no casualty had been reported so far, officials said. Residents had to flee when t...

Ten hours of continuous heavy rains starting Thursday evening flooded several areas in Misamis Occidental, including this city, on Friday, but no casualties have been reported, officials said.

More than 260 people were rescued early Saturday from a ferry which ran aground off Italy in a snow storm, while emergency services freed people trapped in cars and trains in freezing temperatures.

ILIGAN CITY—At sunset, most of the 100 families in the tent city in Tambo village here mill outside their new dwelling units to enjoy illumination from the streetlights. Schoolchildren who need to scan their notes and books troop to the well-lighted ...

Although the school was wiped out, the teachers of Iligan City’s Bayug Elementary School made sure they found every student and brought them back to class. Many set aside their own problems—wounds, lost homes and loved ones—to take care of thei...

Continuous rains in the last few days have caused floods in the towns of Laak, Asuncion, New Corella, and Kapalong in Davao Del Norte, the Civil and Military Operations Battalion of the 10th Infantry Division reported Saturday.

Financial aid from the international community and Filipinos abroad continue to pour in for victims of Tropical Storm "Sendong" in Northern Mindanao.

Thursday’s landslide that struck a mining community in Pantukan, Compostela Valley and killed dozens of people was a disaster waiting to happen, said the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has warned of widespread rains over Eastern and Southern Mindanao that may cause flash floods and landslides due to a low pressure area sighted east southeast of this seaport city.

The victims of Tropical Storm “Sendong” in Cagayan de Oro City—and I suppose, those in Iligan City, as well—have been inundated with relief goods and medical attention they don’t need them anymore. What they need is the second phase of rehabi...

At least 80 children from this city were rescued after being trapped in the floods that inundated parts of the town of Kapalong in Davao del Norte where they were attending a youth camp on Tuesday, Kapalong Mayor Edgardo Timbol said.

At least 2,770 families, or some 13,850 persons, were evacuated in Cebu, Eastern and Western Visayas after days of incessant rains raised water levels and triggered floods in low-lying villages.

Hundreds of families were evacuated as flashfloods hit Valencia City in Bukidnon due to a heavy rains since Monday afternoon, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

COTABATO CITY—The death toll due to floods sweeping Central Mindanao rose to seven, as two more fatalities were reported on Tuesday. Disaster officials said Noel Hiso, 32, a militiaman from Carmen, North Cotabato, was caught by floodwaters while he was crossing the Malitubog River in Carmen, North Cotabato, about 5 ...

TUBA, Benguet, Philippines—A heavy downpour ushering the start of the rainy season caused a pocket mine tunnel in Barangay Camp 4 here to collapse on Friday, killing a small-scale miner and injuring two of his companions, reports from the Office of Civil Defense in the Cordillera showed. The OCD Cordillera ...

BAGUIO, Philippines—The death toll from Typhoon Chedeng (Songda) rose to three on Saturday as rescuers retrieved the body of a miner trapped in a flooded tunnel, officials said. A 24-hour rescue effort near the northern town of Tuba failed to save the miner, who was trapped when rainwater brought by ...