At least 375 people are now known to have died after a powerful storm struck the Philippines on Thursday, police say. The BBC's Howard Johnson is on Siargao Island, which is almost cut off to aid ...

Typhoon Rai hit Siargao Island in eastern Philippines at 1.30pm on Thursday 16th December. By 3.10pm on Friday 17th December, the typhoon had moved west to Palawan, before travelling out into the ...

Despite the challenges of rapid tourism development, there’s hope among Siargao’s residents. After the devastation of Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, in December ...

MANILA, Philippines--Villagers in northern Philippine provinces were forced to evacuate on Wednesday as a powerful typhoon approached the nation still reeling from a recent storm that left at ...

Six cyclones hit the Philippines in a span of just four weeks, including Vamco and Super Typhoon Goni, the world's most powerful this year. But Mamba also lamented about denuded forests in Cagayan ...

The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year slammed ashore in Burdeos town in Quezon province before nightfall on Sunday. Frustration is growing two weeks after a devastating ...

THE town of Del Carmen in Siargao Island marked a historic milestone as it participated for the first time in the Sinulog Festival in Cebu City on Sunday, Jan.

Typhoon Odette (Rai) left the Philippine Area of Responsibility ... There has also been widespread destruction on Siargao, Dinagat and Mindanao islands, which bore the brunt of Rai when ...

Typhoon Rai hit Siargao Island in eastern Philippines at 1.30pm on Thursday 16th December. By 3.10pm on Friday 17th December, the typhoon had moved west to Palawan, before travelling out into the ...

Typhoon Odette (Rai) left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR ... There has also been widespread destruction on Siargao, Dinagat and Mindanao islands, which bore the brunt of Rai when it ...