All photos by Rhea Claire Madarang/Rappler Rene Vendiola, the local who planted the over two-hectare forest in Bacong, Negros Oriental, recounts how no tree fell even during Typhoon Odette (Rai).

Typhoon-hit Philippine sanctuary pushes for network of marine protected areas in Negros After being battered by a super typhoon late last year, the Danjugan Marine Reserve and Sanctuaries is pushing ...

Typhoon Rai, known as Odette in the Philippines, had struck almost four months ago, and the towering trees it toppled was still blocking trails, impeding access to forest resources that sustain ...

The typhoon collapsed buildings and power lines, uprooted palm trees, and worse. Nearly half a million people were displaced from their homes and more than 400 people died.

JULIE MCCARTHY, BYLINE: Super Typhoon Rai roared ashore on the island of Siargao December 16, unleashing 120-mile-per-hour winds. Thirty-nine-year-old Kara Ahorro (ph) says one minute, she and her ...

KARA AHORRO: Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom - one after the other. MCCARTHY: Trees began falling in rapid succession. AHORRO: They were uprooted. And this is a huge, adult mango tree.

Father Ricardo Virtudazo stands in a pool of water in his typhoon-hit church in the southern Philippines delivering Christmas Day mass to dozens of devotees whose wishes this year were for new roofs, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) earmarked P100 million to bankroll its cash-for-work program that is seen to benefit 25,000 informal workers living in areas ...

Rai, the 15th typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, made landfall on Siargao Island on Thursday, a popular tourist and surfing destination in the Caraga region of northeast Mindanao.

By Rhea Mogul, CNN The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 300 on Tuesday as humanitarian agencies warned the true scale of destruction remains unknown, ...