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63 ships wait to leave Cebu port after storm
A total of 63 vessels and nine motor bancas in Cebu ports were not allowed to set sail yesterday due to typhoon Pablo. Although the storm has passed Cebu, the Philippine Coast Guard still has to evaluate today whether to lift its order grounding all sea vessels. A total of 610 passengers were stranded: 446 […]
At least 40 killed in typhoon’s path
December 5, 2012
Typhoon Pablo yesterday barreled across the country’s south, killing at least 40 people, including army soldiers who were en route to assist in rescue efforts. More than 50,000 had to flee from flooded villages. The death toll was expected to rise once soldiers and police gain access to some far-flung villages isolated by floods, fallen […]
Typhoon Pablo on its way out of PH
December 5, 2012
After barreling through Mindanao and grazing Central Visayas, typhoon Pablo weakened and may be heading out of the country. If the typhoon stays on course, it will be 140 km southwest of Coron, Palawan by this afternoon. By tomorrow it will be 450 km west of Subic in Zambales. Although the eye of the storm […]
Cebu province on alert as typhoon Pablo reported changing direction
December 4, 2012
Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia chaired an emergency meeting for the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) this afternoon to ask for updates on Typhoon Pablo which is expected to hit mostly southern towns this evening. In attendance were representatives from the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Coast Guard, Provincial […]
PB members ride jetski, evacuation sites readied as Pablo nears
December 3, 2012
Two Cebu Provincial board members had to ride a jetski to travel 36 nautical miles to mainland Cebu after all passenger vessels were grounded by the Cebu Coast Guard. PB members Jude Sybico and Miguel Magpale rode the jetskis to make it to their 1 p.m regular session at Capitol in Cebu City this afternoon. […]
Heightened alert raised over Cebu
December 3, 2012
Northern Cebu was identified as one of several areas to be affected by the arrival of typhoon “Pablo” which the state weather agency Pagasa projected will make landfall tomorrow morning. “I repeat, the areas to be affected include Bohol province specifically Tagbilaran City, Cebu up to Bantayan Island, northern Negros (four cities), Capiz up to […]
Incoming storm ‘Pablo’ may be stronger than Sendong
December 2, 2012
A storm in the Pacific Ocean intensified into a typhoon and will likely enter eastern Mindanao by early tomorrow morning, the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. As of yesterday morning the typhoon, internationally named “Bopha,” was over the Caroline Islands north of Papua New Guinea located 1,690 kilometers east of Mindanao. Pagasa warned that […]
Cebu Daily News 
December 5, 2012
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