The plan, the first of its kind in the Philippines ... Bernadas said their new evacuation system was based on topographic and hazard maps given to Tacloban by aid group Japan International ...

Jasareno said the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will issue a “No Build Zone” in Tacloban City after conducting a ground survey. “We already have a geo-hazard map in ...

But with Tacloban almost totally wiped out by Yolanda, the maps could perhaps only serve as a footnote for those tasked by the national government with rehabilitating the city. The flood disaster ...

TACLOBAN CITY — A town usually frequented by typhoons is bound to find some form of relief. The town of Catubig in Northern Samar has been the subject of a study aimed at minimizing flooding in ...