ITBAYAT, BATANES, Philippines — Residents were preemptively ... were moved to shelters after their homes in Barangay Sta. Lucia in this town were deemed vulnerable to landslides.

Although the northern portion of Batanes has been downgraded to Signal No. 2 ... The strong winds of the typhoon also destroyed houses in Pasuquin. Meanwhile, the inclement weather caused power ...

Signal No. 4 was raised over Batanes as Super Typhoon Leon (international name ... Thousands of residents in several Luzon provinces have fled their homes as Leon continued to bring rains and strong ...

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Leon was forecast to leave the Philippine area of responsibility last night after battering Batanes ... support in repairing their houses and in buying their ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration on Thursday lowered the storm signal in Batanes to No. 4 as it was expected to weaken in the next 12 ...

The damage from Julian was so severe that Bishop Danilo Ulep, of the Prelature of Infanta, asked for help, saying that Batanes was once again visited by a strong typhoon. Almost 1,500 homes were ...

MANILA, Philippines — State weather bureau PAGASA has further downgraded the Batanes to Wind Signal No. 2 at most, as Typhoon Leon (international name: Kong-Rey) made landfall in Southeastern ...

The facade of this town’s historic Santa Maria de Mayan Church, already damaged by past earthquakes, collapsed on Wednesday ...

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 2 is up in parts of Batanes as Typhoon Leon made landfall over Southeastern Taiwan, according to state weather bureau Pagasa.

MANILA, Philippines — Signal No. 5 was raised over the northern and eastern portions of Batanes (Itbayat, Basco) while the rest of the province is under Signal No. 4 due to Super Typhoon "Leon," the ...

At 4 am on Thursday, Leon was located 100 kilometers east northeast of Itbayat, Batanes. It is moving northwest at 20 kilometers per hour, slightly slower than the 25 km/h after midnight.

Taiwan is within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). But PAGASA is not ruling out landfall in Batanes. Leon will be closest to the province between early morning and noon of Thursday.