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DSWD: More than 13,000 in regions hit by ‘Usman’ still in evacuation centers

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 06:23:58 +0000

MANILA, Philippines —Some 3,488 families or 13,469 persons from regions affected by Tropical Depression “Usman” (which has weakened into a low pressure area) are still staying in evacuation centers, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday.

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Indonesia volcano shrinks to a third its size after eruptions

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 03:06:54 +0000

Indonesia volcano shrinks to a third its size after eruptions

JAKARTA — Mount Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait has shrunk to almost a third its original height, from 338 meters to 110 m, after a series of eruptions triggered a tsunami last week, killing more than 400 people and injuring thousands.

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What Philippines can learn from Indonesia disaster

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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:36:26 +0000

What Philippines can learn from Indonesia disaster

Tsunami, a Japanese word for harbor wave, is a series of waves commonly generated by undersea earthquakes. Many people already understand this phenomenon.

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Gov’t ready for ‘Usman’ landfall — Lorenzana

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 06:45:02 +0000

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the government is ready to respond in cases of emergency as Tropical Depression “Usman” is set to make landfall in Eastern Samar on Friday evening.

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Palace calls for vigilance as ‘Usman’ nears landfall

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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 04:42:20 +0000

Palace calls for vigilance as 'Usman' nears landfall

Malacañang called on the public to be vigilant and coordinate with their local disaster officials as “Usman” neared Eastern Visayas.

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Tsunami remembrance ceremony held on Thailand’s Patong Beach

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 05:07:51 +0000

Tsunami remembrance ceremony held on Thailand’s Patong Beach

Residents, tourists and provincial dignitaries gathered on Wednesday morning at Patong Beach for a remembrance ceremony commemorating 14 years since the deadly tsunami that struck on the morning of December 26, 2004.

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Tsunami survivors face another whammy as floodwater swamps homes

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:41:47 +0000

Tsunami survivors face another whammy as floodwater swamps homes

JAKARTA — Just four days after the Sunda Strait tsunami devastated homes in Serang, Banten, floodwater engulfed two villages in the regency on Wednesday, inundating about 200 homes and displacing 1,818 people.

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WATCH: Search team rescues turtles stranded by Sunda Strait tsunami

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 03:49:42 +0000

The spokesman for Indonesia’s National Disaster and Mitigation Agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, posted a video on Twitter showing turtles …

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Tsunami survivors recall higher waves, louder rumbles, brighter lava from Anak Krakatau

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 10:33:50 +0000

Tsunami survivors recall higher waves, louder rumbles, brighter lava from Anak Krakatau

For residents living on the west coast of Java Island, the eruptions that came from Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait prior to a tsunami that struck the area on Saturday were nothing out of the ordinary.

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