Severe Tropical Storm Kristine brought heavy rainfall to Batangas, resulting in widespread flooding, numerous landslides, and lahar flows, particularly in the western part of the province near Taal Lake, on October 24, 2024. In response, the UP Resilience Institute (UP RI) conducted post-disaster hazard assessments from November 6 to 15, aimed at evaluating the impacts […]
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UP Resilience Institute Presents at the World Conference of Earthquake Engineering 2024 in Milan, Italy
UPRI participates in Geobrugg’s GEO-Summit Philippines 2024 in Panglao, Bohol
The UP Resilience Institute partook in Geobrugg’s Advancing Geotechnical Slope Stabilization Techniques Conference at Panglao, Bohol on 17-19 April 2024. Geobrugg is a Swiss company involved in the design and fabrication of protection systems using high-tensile steel wire safety nets and meshes. Conducted under the patronage of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, the […]
UP NOAH Center’s Resilience LIVE Episode 4 delves into Tropical Cyclones and Water-related Disasters
By: April Dawn F. Tegelan and Marie Claire P. Mandar How can students and researchers contribute to making the Philippines Disaster Resilient? This question was explored by Dr. Lea Dasallas, a researcher for the Water Resources and Environmental Research Center, K-water Research Institute, during the 5th episode of Resilience Live. Held last 30 November […]
UPRI NOAH Center participates in CRED Training on EM-DAT
On 24 October 2023, the UP RI Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH) Center attended a training session on the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) spearheaded by the Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and in partnership with the UP Institute of Civil Engineering (UP ICE). The training […]
The Oil Spill Disaster of MT Princess Empress
The Incident The oil tanker MT Princess Empress carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel started sinking offshore of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on the 28th of February at 4:16 AM. The 20 men aboard were rescued soon after but by March 1, 2023 the ship was declared fully submerged following aerial and seaborne survey (NDRRMC SitRep […]
NOAH Center, QC LGU hold turnover event of the Internet of Things (IoT) system for disaster management
The local government of Quezon City, in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UP RI) – Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH) Center, launched its Internet of Things (IoT)-based decision support (DSS) system during the turnover event held at the QC DRRM Building, Kalayaan Avenue, Quezon City Hall last June 13, 2023. […]
Kusiong Debris Flow and Landslides
As severe tropical storm Paeng (Nalgae) crossed the archipelago, residents of Sitio Tinabon, Brgy. Kusiong, Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao del Norte braced for its effects by preparing and executing their evacuation protocol. Witnesses said the barangay had sounded an alarm system around midnight of 27th Oct 2022. This prompted some of the residents and […]
Post-Disaster Assessment of Abuyog, Leyte
Tropical Storm Agaton devastated the municipality of Abuyog, Leyte last 12 April 2022 causing floods, landslides, and even landslide-induced tsunamis. As one of the UP RI initiatives, a collaborative post-disaster assessment by the UP Resilience Institute (UP RI), UP Visayas- Tacloban College Regional Environmental Information System (UP VTC- REIS), Central Visayan Institute Foundation (CVIF), […]