Latest Philippines Headlines
All the headlines from our Philippines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Philippine Typhoon Haiyan Deaths Could Reach 10,000; City, Villages Ravaged
Nov 10 2013 // One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, a senior police official said on Sunday, with huge waves sweeping away coastal villages and devastating one of the...
Windstorm Christian Tops Impact Forecasting’s Monthly Cat Report
Nov 8 2013 // In its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, highlights the damage caused by Windstorm Christian as it moved across western and...
AIR Analyzes Potential Impact of Super Typhoon Haiyan on Philippines
Nov 8 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide issued a bulletin shortly before Super Typhoon Haiyan [known locally as Yolanda] came ashore across the central Philippines. As predicted the extremely powerful storm – the...
Super Typhoon Haiyan Slams into Central Philippines; Millions Flee
Nov 8 2013 // The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land, battered the central Philippines on Friday, forcing millions of people to flee to safer ground, cutting power lines and blowing...
Philippines Freezes Prices in Quake Zone as Death Toll Hits 107
Oct 16 2013 // The Philippines froze prices for basic goods to prevent gouging in an area cut off by the country’s biggest earthquake in a year, as the death toll from the temblor rose to 107. Rescue crews were searching for...
AIR Worldwide Analyzes Typhoon Nari as it Crosses the Philippines
Oct 15 2013 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide Typhoon Nari, aka Santi, made landfall in the Philippines, “as of 18:50 October 11, 2013 UTC (2:50 October 12, 2013 PHT; 14:50 October 11, 2013 EDT), just south of...
Typhoon Usagi Heads Toward Taiwan and China: AIR Worldwide
Sep 20 2013 // AIR Worldwide’s latest report on Typhoon Usagi describes a “Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 204 km/h [127.5 mph].” It is “expected to strengthen over the coming days and could...
August’s Natural Disasters Caused $10B in Economic Damage: Aon Benfield
Sep 6 2013 // August saw billion-dollar flood losses in China, Russia, Philippines and Pakistan, bringing an initial combined estimate of $10 billion in economic losses, Aon Benfield said in a report on natural disaster...
Tropical Cyclone Utor Slams Philippines, Heads towards China: AIR Worldwide
Aug 13 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports that “Typhoon Utor slammed into the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Monday, August 12, at around 3:00 pm local time (7:00 UTC) with 10-minute sustained winds of...
Ratings Recap: Takaful Int’l., Malayan Insurance
Mar 28 2013 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and an issuer credit rating of “bbb” to Bahrain’s Takaful International Company BSC (TIC),...
Aon Benfield December Cat Report: Philippines Typhoon, Extreme Weather
Jan 9 2013 // In its latest Global Catastrophe Recap report Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, focuses on Super Typhoon Bopha, which killed 1,901 people and injured 2,666 others...
Storm that Killed 600 Turns to Threaten Philippines Again
Dec 10 2012 // A typhoon that had left the Philippines after killing nearly 600 people and leaving hundreds missing in the south has made a U-turn and is now threatening the country’s northwest, officials said Saturday. The weather...
AIR Worldwide’s Analysis of Typhoon Bopha’s Impact on the Philippines
Dec 5 2012 // AIR Worldwide’s analysis of Typhoon Botha’s [also named ‘Pablo,’ locally] impact on the Philippines indicates that as “insurance penetration in this area is around 10 percent to 20 percent;...
Philippines’ Biggest Typhoon Kills at least 230; Hundreds More Missing
Dec 5 2012 // The death toll from the Philippines’ strongest typhoon this year rose on Wednesday to around 230, with hundreds missing in landslides and floodwaters, as the storm continued its destructive path across the island...
Thousands Flee as Typhoon Bopha Blows into Philippines
Dec 4 2012 // Thousands of villagers fled from their homes Monday as a strong typhoon roared closer to the southern Philippines, prompting authorities to suspend sea travel in high-risk areas and halt gold-mining in a mountain town...
New Storm Hits North Philippines; at Least 2 Dead
Aug 16 2012 // A second tropical storm in as many weeks battered the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least two people, as forecasters warned that the still-reeling capital could see more flooding. Meanwhile, President...
New Storm Dumps More Rain on Flood-battered Philippines
Aug 14 2012 // A new storm is dumping more rain in the flood-battered northern Philippines a week after nearly 100 people died in a monsoon deluge that submerged half of the sprawling capital city. Rescuers evacuated flood-prone areas in...
Philippines Rushes Aid to 850,000 People Affected by Floods
Aug 8 2012 // Emergency workers and troops rushed food, water and clothes to nearly 850,000 people displaced and marooned from deadly floods spawned by 11 straight days of southwest monsoon rains that soaked the Philippine capital and...
Typhoons Saola, Damrey Strike, Philippines, Taiwan, China: AIR Analysis
Aug 3 2012 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Saola, the ninth typhoon of the Northwest Pacific storm season, made its first landfall early Thursday morning local time in Hualien, Taiwan. AIR noted that the...
Hopes Fade for Dozens Buried in Philippines Quake
Feb 9 2012 // Philippine officials conceded Wednesday that there was little hope of finding any survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake, as jittery residents stayed away from their homes...
