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A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines killed at least one villager and injured several others as thousands scrambled out of their homes in panic and jammed roads to higher grounds after a tsunami warning was issued, officials said Sunday.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck parts of the Gaza Strip overnight into Saturday in relentless bombardments, including some of the dwindling slivers of land Palestinians had been told to evacuate to in the territory’s south.
CHENNAI: Everything went against the residents of OMR, the celebrated IT corridor, especially Perungudi, Sholinganallur and Thoraipakkam. These areas received the maximum rain on Monday 45cm. Main stormwater drains, laid in 2008, on OMR have less capacity for current run-off water. No stormwater drains in many interior residential areas on both sides of OMR.
In the wake of the recent earthquakes in various parts of the country, Senator Christopher 'Bong' Go has highlighted the urgent need for regular earthquake drills and the establishment of the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR).
MANILA -- Senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino met on Tuesday with Philippine Ambassador to China Jaime A. FlorCruz and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo to talk about the swarming of 135 Chinese vessels in Julian Felipe Reef.
MANILA: Workers, residents, and students evacuated buildings in the Philippine capital Manila on Tuesday after an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the main Luzon island, according to the state seismology agency and images carried by media. There were no immediate reports of casualties and the seismology agency said on X, formerly Twitter, that it did not expect damage, but warned of aftershocks.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 5) — Senator Francis Tolentino is worried about what China would do in response to the Philippines’ Christmas convoy to Ayungin Shoal next week.
Israel’s military pushed deeper south Tuesday in Gaza after it called for more evacuations in the southern portion of the enclave in its pursuit to wipe out the territory’s Hamas rulers. The war has already killed more than 15,000 Palestinians and displaced over three-fourths of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, who are running out of safe places to go.