Nocere – Earth Disasters

On a middle island, Cebu located in the Philippines,  there has been reported that at least 15 people loss their lives and an additional 48 injured in a crash of a runaway bus.

The driver of the bus steered it into a concrete wall to prevent it from running into people standing nearby.

The factory workers were on the bus returning home when the brakes quit working. The bus went out of control.

Bus crashes are very common in the Philippines. The last one happened in June. They are normally are fatal crashes. The last one took 21 lives.

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Deep-sea divers sought Saturday for a sunken ferry and 24 missing persons after it collided with another vessel and went down on Christmas Eve.

Search-and-rescue groups, supported by six government boats and three airplane, have combed a 20-nautical-mile (37-kilometer) radius of Manila Bay since Thursday, but the ferry has yet to be established, the head of the Philippine seaboard area guard said.

Three bodies and 46 survivors were retrieved hours after MV Catalyn B, a wooden-hulled ferry with 73 persons on board, collided with the 369-ton angling vessel Anathalia before dawn Thursday beside the mouth of Manila Bay. No added bodies have been discovered since.

Coast guard agents state numerous passengers were sleeping and had no time to get life vests on and numerous of the missing may have been tricked inside.

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Philippines are now facing a rising bomb threats from local militants who roam in the country creating much distress. Not long ago, a church was believed to be targeted by militants where many were injured and killed by a bomb blast. While, a more recent bomb blast took away another six lives in Southern Philippines. Investigation claimed that the a bomb was planted on a motorbike, which exploded near a hardware store. Aside from the dead, many were also injured in the attack.

Police department is still investigating the rational behind this attack. However, many have suspected the attack to be linked with the area militant group.

 

 

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Militants in Philippines, in specific – the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), are being accused of targeting local church in an attempt to achieve their objective. However, the militant group denied having involved in the recent church bombing. Militant spokesman claimed that their main mission is to defend its people and rights, instead of initiating attacks.

The bomb blast that happened in a local church, south of Philippines, claimed more than five lives and injured at least 26. Among the dead, two were found to be soldiers guarding the church.

Investigation is still ongoing, while the prime suspected is being thought as the militant group – MILF.

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Tropical storms have always been a matter of concern for the people of Philippines.
In the recent past the country has suffered from both land and life loss due to heavy hurricanes and major storms.

This time Tropical storm Nangka showered its wrath on the residents of the country by destroying many homes and causing heavy floods.
Few Fishermen who left the shore right before the storm have been confirmed dead along with an infant, which went missing during the initial stages of flooding.

Heavy flooding over the streets and across the country is creating difficulties for the rescue team and people to move to safety.
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and thousands of members are left stranding.
Officials are taking maximum caution in avoiding more life loss and arranging rehabilitation camps along with food and water.

The frequency of the storm is expected to have lowered down and the worst is hopefully over. But for the people who lost their loved ones the storm has left nothing but bitterness.

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Strong rainfalls over the past week have created havoc in the country of Philippines.
These rainfalls became the reason for many land slides and heavy floods which took 11 lives until now and have 8 more missing.

Series of rains over different parts of Philippines has left more than 200 000 people homeless and in grief.
Many members have been evacuated to safer places and are provided with temporary shelter until the rains cease.
The continuous pouring is making it difficult for the rescue team to go ahead with their rescue mission.

The tail end of an active cold front which has been lingering around the north and eastern sides of the country has been noted as the main reason for the unusual heavy rains.

In Philippines heavy rains are generally expected through out the year, these rains are caused by the pacific winds that flow through the country.
But this time the combination of the cold front and the pacific winds resulted in the heavy devastating rains.

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Philippines’ luck seems to have worked according to them this time.
After the recent floods and storm, there was yet another threat of Typhoon dolphin making its way towards the islands.
But the reports today have confirmed that the Typhoon Dolphin will spare the island and it is making its way away from the island.

The Typhoon was initially recorded as a Tropical storm which further intensified into a typhoon due to its movement towards the tropical winds.
The Typhoon lay east of the islands and is expected to attenuate in the coming days and is moving further away towards north of the islands.

The island is actually pleased with the fact that the typhoon wouldn’t cause anymore landfall.

Sea storms are quite commonly sighted in the islands of Philippines.
According to the Philippine archipelago there are no bounds on how long or on what frequency these typhoons hit.

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Warnings 2 and 1 are issued in several city’s and places. Citizens in low lying areas and near mountains are advised to take all necessary precautions against possible flash floods and landslides. Helen forces classes and schools In Ilocos to shut down. Around 100 000 students didn’t visit school yesterday because of tropical storm Helen.

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