Ten days after the devastating storm blew through, Manila-based AP reporter Jim Gomez recounts the scene that he and colleagues first encountered: Covering the horrific death and devastation wrought ...

The Philippines is no stranger to weathering tropical systems and typhoons, facing up to twenty ... soon-to-be Sara Tropical Storm Trami was the first of these storms to impact the nation, making ...

Typhoon Man-yi lashed the Philippines' most populous island on ... lines and smashed flimsy houses to pieces after making its first landfall late Saturday on lightly populated Catanduanes island ...

“We are first typhoon survivors before we became volunteers ... especially typhoons, in all of the Philippines. And despite having strong local disaster relief mechanisms in place - most ...